⏱️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
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 4- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 26
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
LeBron James technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 9:14 · MIA 58-57 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 9:51 · MIA 8-11 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 0:04 · MIA 27-31 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 3:30 · MIA 95-88 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
