⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 33
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q1 4:28 · HOU 16-22 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Patrick Patterson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:01 · HOU 103-100 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 10:49 · HOU 0-9 MIA
- Winner
LeBron James hit a driving layup
Q4 0:18 · HOU 110-111 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:19 · HOU 110-107 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · HOU 110-111 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:08 · HOU 110-111 MIA
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
