⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their sixteen- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 26
- Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 26
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10 in the fourth quarter
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 took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 3:47 · MIA 24-22 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q4 11:18 · MIA 83-61 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q4 3:24 · MIA 100-77 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q2 4:18 · MIA 40-33 BOS
- Technical
LeBron James technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 4:18 · MIA 39-32 BOS
- Technical
Double technical foul - Dwyane Wade and Paul Pierce
Q2 4:18 · MIA 39-32 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:44 · MIA 0-8 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10
Q4 6:56 · MIA 85-75 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jermaine O'Neal flagrant foul type 1 (LeBron James draws the foul)
Q2 4:18 · MIA 39-32 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
