⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade lost ball
Q4 4:28 · MIA 92-89 OKC
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:42 · MIA 94-91 OKC
- Turnover
LeBron James lost ball
Q4 1:54 · MIA 94-93 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 6:28 · MIA 13-18 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 8:22 · MIA 25-36 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q3 0:03 · MIA 80-81 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:29 · MIA 94-93 OKC
- Missed FT
Kendrick Perkins misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:43 · MIA 96-93 OKC
- Missed FT
Kendrick Perkins misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:43 · MIA 96-93 OKC
📊The numbers
| MIA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
