⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 23-2 off them- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 28
- Made two threes to their ten
- Went cold from three, two of thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 10:34 · LAL 33-33 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 3:06 · LAL 45-42 MIA
- Ties it
Kobe Bryant hit a 27-foot three jumper, Steve Nash with the assist
Q4 2:32 · LAL 90-90 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:00 · LAL 87-90 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:51 · LAL 90-92 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:51 · LAL 90-92 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:23 · LAL 2-8 MIA
- Winner
Dwyane Wade hit a 13-foot two point shot, LeBron James with the assist
Q4 2:12 · LAL 90-92 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 2:12 · LAL 90-98 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 14 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
