⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 28 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- A 17-0 run took them from 7 down to 10 up in the third 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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 7 down to 10 up
Q3 6:52 · MIA 78-68 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 6:54 · MIA 110-87 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 9:59 · MIA 5-15 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Duncan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 11:00 · MIA 28-35 SA
📊The numbers
| MIA | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 62% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
