⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
-9Q117-28
-9Q227-38
-8Q328-37
+3Q427-25
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 34-9 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 13
Key battles
9Points off turnovers34
2Blocks11
4Steals11
13Fast break points26
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 10:02 · SAC 2-14 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 9 | Threes made | 17 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 35 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 34 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 11 |
