⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 31
- Beaten inside, 24 points in the paint to 42
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 11:12 · CLE 0-11 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q1 7:20 · CLE 2-21 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 2:30 · CLE 85-111 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:38 · CLE 51-83 MIA
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 14 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 16 | Assists | 28 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
