⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 24 from three
- A 18-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 26 in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15
Q2 2:23 · MEM 56-41 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 6:01 · MEM 73-58 MIA
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 26
Q4 8:07 · MEM 103-77 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Marc Gasol technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 2:00 · MEM 20-16 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 8:00 · MEM 12-12 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 9:52 · MEM 63-58 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ray Allen misses technical free throw
Q1 2:00 · MEM 20-16 MIA
- Technical
Mario Chalmers technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:20 · MEM 68-58 MIA
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 14 | Threes made | 4 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
