⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 2 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their twenty- Went cold from three, two of eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jose Calderon misses technical free throw
Q3 10:29 · TOR 48-52 MIA
- Turnover
DeMar DeRozan traveling
Q4 4:05 · TOR 87-91 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 7:35 · TOR 12-15 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:56 · TOR 84-91 MIA
- Missed FT
Chris Bosh misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:02 · TOR 87-94 MIA
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:28 · TOR 90-95 MIA
📊The numbers
| TOR | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
