⏱️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
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen- A 15-0 run took them from 10 down to 5 up 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 10 down to 5 up
Q2 4:28 · MIA 59-54 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q2 0:08 · MIA 71-56 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade lost ball turnover
Q4 2:39 · MIA 104-98 HOU
- Turnover
LeBron James traveling
Q4 0:28 · MIA 109-106 HOU
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:17 · MIA 110-106 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q3 3:38 · MIA 87-83 HOU
- Steal
James Harden stole it from Dwyane Wade
Q4 2:39 · MIA 104-98 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
James Harden turnover
Q4 0:46 · MIA 109-106 HOU
- Turnover
James Anderson turnover
Q4 0:18 · MIA 109-106 HOU
📊The numbers
| MIA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
