⏱️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
▼ MEM 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 Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, ten of nineteen from three
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 7:43 · MIA 11-9 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 11:37 · MIA 25-22 MEM
- Winner
Chris Bosh hit a layup, Shane Battier with the assist
Q4 2:19 · MIA 87-85 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:03 · MIA 85-83 MEM
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:03 · MIA 85-83 MEM
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:17 · MIA 93-89 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 4:22 · MIA 13-18 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 6:11 · MIA 31-33 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
