⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 19-10 off them
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 from level to 10 points up
Q1 7:50 · MIA 16-6 SA
- Steal
Mario Chalmers stole it from Nando de Colo
Q4 1:09 · MIA 95-98 SA
- Winner
Ray Allen hit a 27-foot three jumper, LeBron James with the assist
Q4 0:22 · MIA 100-98 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:20 · MIA 100-98 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 3:02 · MIA 20-22 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nando de Colo bad pass
Q4 2:49 · MIA 91-95 SA
- Turnover
Nando de Colo bad pass
Q4 1:09 · MIA 95-98 SA
- Turnover
Gary Neal lost ball turnover
Q4 0:21 · MIA 100-98 SA
📊The numbers
| MIA | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
