⏱️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, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Kings 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 4 down to 6 up
Q2 3:06 · MIA 53-47 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 0:28 · MIA 63-53 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q4 8:40 · MIA 106-92 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMarcus Cousins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:33 · MIA 80-72 SAC
📊The numbers
| MIA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 13 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
