⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their one- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q3 10:44 · MIA 64-41 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 35
Q4 8:52 · MIA 100-65 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Juwan Howard and O.J. Mayo
Q4 4:05 · MIA 108-73 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 12 | Threes made | 1 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 3 |
