⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20 in the third quarter- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 9:11 · BOS 13-4 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20
Q3 6:28 · BOS 72-52 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q4 8:53 · BOS 89-60 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 8:42 · BOS 34-33 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 21
Q4 6:16 · BOS 89-68 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q1 0:15 · BOS 29-19 MIA
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 21 | Assists | 15 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
