⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 33- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 48
Key battles
6Blocks2
1Steals4
17Offensive rebounds9
6Fast break points11
🏀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 took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 2:03 · MIA 95-93 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade offensive foul (Chuck Hayes draws the foul)
Q4 1:39 · MIA 118-110 HOU
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade turnover
Q4 1:39 · MIA 118-110 HOU
- Missed FT
Chris Bosh misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:26 · MIA 120-115 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 8:26 · MIA 77-78 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 5:20 · MIA 81-89 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 1 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
