⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 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, 36 free throws to their 22- A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q4 6:47 · MIA 94-80 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q4 2:47 · MIA 94-82 BOS
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:51 · MIA 99-91 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
