⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 7:05 · MIA 18-10 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 10:38 · MIA 35-22 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q1 3:12 · MIA 16-10 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh McRoberts technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:12 · MIA 16-10 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
