⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 22-9 off them- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 5
- A 15-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 27 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.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 3:03 · GS 31-41 MIA
- Missed FT
Jarrett Jack misses technical free throw
Q3 9:11 · GS 38-62 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 4:48 · GS 12-23 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 7:50 · GS 25-37 MIA
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 27
Q2 0:02 · GS 38-65 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q1 6:07 · GS 10-7 MIA
- Technical
Mario Chalmers technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:11 · GS 38-62 MIA
📊The numbers
| GS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 24 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
