⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 31- Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 28
- A 14-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 35 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 21
Q4 10:07 · DAL 76-97 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q4 2:56 · DAL 94-105 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Lamar Odom technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 5:05 · DAL 54-82 MIA
- Technical
Lamar Odom technical foul (3rd technical foul)
Q3 5:05 · DAL 54-82 MIA
- Technical
Delonte West technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:16 · DAL 78-101 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q1 5:15 · DAL 11-24 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 26
Q2 5:39 · DAL 27-53 MIA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 35
Q3 10:34 · DAL 43-78 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Jones misses technical free throw
Q2 11:41 · DAL 17-32 MIA
- Missed FT
Udonis Haslem misses technical free throw
Q3 5:05 · DAL 54-82 MIA
- Flagrant
Udonis Haslem flagrant foul type 1 (Brian Cardinal draws the foul)
Q4 10:07 · DAL 65-97 MIA
📊The numbers
| DAL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 23 | Assists | 18 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 31 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 0 | Blocks | 6 |