⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their one- They went cold, one of eight from three
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 34
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 8:15 · TOR 63-59 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 2:12 · TOR 18-29 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 0:32 · TOR 69-77 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q4 7:16 · TOR 71-87 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 1 | Threes made | 13 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 16 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
