⏱️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
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 32- A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 5:07 · TOR 17-18 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry bad pass
Q4 2:25 · TOR 83-90 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q3 11:26 · TOR 54-58 MIA
- Steal
LeBron James stole it from Kyle Lowry
Q4 2:25 · TOR 83-90 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 2:42 · TOR 83-95 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:54 · TOR 83-87 MIA
📊The numbers
| TOR | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 15 | Assists | 19 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
