⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 32
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
J.J. Barea flagrant foul type 2 (Ray Allen draws the foul)
Q4 8:08 · MIN 70-76 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 6:56 · MIN 8-15 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 11:08 · MIN 46-60 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 3:28 · MIN 79-97 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
