⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 18 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter and never got it back. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 22-13 off them
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the second quarter
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 cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q3 9:06 · MIA 67-68 CLE
- Winner
Ray Allen hit a 25-foot three jumper, LeBron James with the assist
Q4 0:18 · MIA 109-108 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:09 · MIA 100-101 CLE
- Turnover
LeBron James bad pass
Q4 2:41 · MIA 101-103 CLE
- Missed FT
Ray Allen misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:02 · MIA 110-108 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q2 4:28 · MIA 48-59 CLE
- Lead
Anderson Varejao hit a two point shot
Q4 2:54 · MIA 101-103 CLE
- Steal
Anderson Varejao stole it from LeBron James
Q4 2:41 · MIA 101-103 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 14 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 0 |
