⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their nineteen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 20-4 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 2:31 · POR 21-30 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 6:41 · POR 34-45 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q2 1:07 · POR 42-62 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Dexter Pittman technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:52 · POR 71-89 MIA
📊The numbers
| POR | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
