⏱️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
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 25 from three
- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their twenty
- Lost the glass, 24 rebounds to 53
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 58
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
Q2 5:01 · MIA 41-42 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 2:31 · MIA 85-72 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 7:58 · MIA 97-78 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Udonis Haslem technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 5:20 · MIA 32-38 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 1:44 · MIA 22-31 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q4 4:28 · MIA 100-92 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Alexey Shved bad pass
Q4 1:12 · MIA 100-92 MIN
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 13 | Threes made | 4 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 25 | Assists | 18 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 14 | Blocks | 1 |
