⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 26 from three- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 49
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 from level to 9 points up
Q3 7:13 · MIA 59-50 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q4 8:37 · MIA 78-72 BOS
- Go-ahead
Mario Chalmers hit a 25-foot three jumper, Shane Battier with the assist
Q4 2:33 · MIA 83-82 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mario Chalmers misses technical free throw
Q3 3:36 · MIA 60-54 BOS
- Technical
Mario Chalmers technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:54 · MIA 80-81 BOS
- Missed FT
Udonis Haslem misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:12 · MIA 85-87 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q3 2:57 · MIA 60-65 BOS
- Go-ahead
Kevin Garnett hit a 15-foot jumper, Paul Pierce with the assist
Q4 2:54 · MIA 80-81 BOS
- Go-ahead
Mickael Pietrus hit a 23-foot three jumper, Paul Pierce with the assist
Q4 2:11 · MIA 83-85 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Brandon Bass technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:36 · MIA 60-54 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 13 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
