⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 30- A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 31-15 off them
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q2 2:50 · MIA 53-51 DAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q4 10:03 · MIA 88-73 DAL
- Ties it
Mario Chalmers hit a 24-foot three jumper, LeBron James with the assist
Q4 0:24 · MIA 93-93 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q3 6:05 · MIA 59-57 DAL
- Turnover
Chris Bosh out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 2:53 · MIA 90-86 DAL
- Turnover
Udonis Haslem bad pass
Q4 1:00 · MIA 90-88 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up
Q4 3:54 · MIA 90-93 DAL
- Lead
Dirk Nowitzki hit a 25-foot three jumper
Q4 0:26 · MIA 90-93 DAL
- Winner
Dirk Nowitzki hit a driving layup
Q4 0:03 · MIA 93-95 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Kidd bad pass
Q4 1:54 · MIA 90-88 DAL
📊The numbers
| MIA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 13 | Assists | 18 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
