⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 25-17 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 5:46 · MIA 42-32 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q4 11:27 · MIA 78-54 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q4 4:03 · MIA 94-66 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 16 | Assists | 8 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
