⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 24-14 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the fourth quarter
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the first 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 3:51 · MIA 56-59 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 8:11 · MIA 77-65 POR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q4 4:09 · MIA 115-102 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q1 2:28 · MIA 29-37 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 5:09 · MIA 81-75 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 0:36 · MIA 86-85 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Damian Lillard bad pass
Q4 3:18 · MIA 106-102 POR
📊The numbers
| MIA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 22 | Assists | 15 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
