⏱️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 Heat won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fifteen
Key battles
20Free throws made12
9Threes made6
9Offensive rebounds7
3Blocks2
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 9:06 · MIA 59-59 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 3:58 · MIA 99-86 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Dwyane Wade and Rajon Rondo
Q2 1:06 · MIA 43-51 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 7:11 · MIA 12-19 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 4:43 · MIA 38-49 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rajon Rondo bad pass
Q4 3:42 · MIA 93-86 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |