⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 27-15 off them- Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 26
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q3 3:58 · DET 53-70 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q3 1:10 · DET 61-72 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 11:11 · DET 3-8 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 15 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
