⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
+9Q128-20
+7Q222-18
-2Q321-24
-1Q422-21
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fifteen- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
Key battles
10Blocks5
18Free throws made10
10Fast break points17
18Turnovers12
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 1:39 · LAL 73-62 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Pau Gasol and LeBron James
Q4 12:00 · LAL 71-62 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 19 | Assists | 22 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
