⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their nineteen
- A 13-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 24 in the third quarter
- Beaten inside, 24 points in the paint to 42
A 12-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 21 in the fourth 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q2 6:48 · MIA 52-37 LAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 24
Q3 9:33 · MIA 78-54 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q3 4:58 · MIA 84-57 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 22
Q3 3:56 · MIA 90-68 LAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 21
Q4 8:37 · MIA 106-85 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:58 · MIA 84-57 LAC
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:58 · MIA 85-57 LAC
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
