⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the first quarter- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 24-5 off them
- Beaten inside, 24 points in the paint to 52
- Gave up second chances, thirteen 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q2 4:54 · MIA 46-54 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:18 · MIA 94-104 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 9:03 · MIA 9-13 BOS
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q1 2:39 · MIA 22-35 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:33 · MIA 101-108 BOS
- Missed FT
Rajon Rondo misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:00 · MIA 105-112 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 61% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 64% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
