⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 19-6 off them- Burned in transition, 12 fast break points to 27
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 2:16 · MIA 95-76 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 10:38 · MIA 5-10 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Rajon Rondo technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 7:16 · MIA 102-90 BOS
- Flagrant
Rajon Rondo FlagrantFoulType1 (Dwyane Wade draws the foul )
Q4 0:16 · MIA 120-107 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
