⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- They went cold, three of seventeen from three
- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 40
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 3:35 · MIA 43-43 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 3:11 · MIA 78-88 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 6:47 · MIA 11-18 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Russell Westbrook lost ball
Q4 3:21 · MIA 78-85 OKC
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses technical free throw
Q4 3:11 · MIA 78-88 OKC
📊The numbers
| MIA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 14 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
