⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their seventeen- A 15-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 6 in the third quarter
A 18-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 23 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 6:15 · CLE 24-16 MIA
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 23
Q2 6:26 · CLE 57-34 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Wayne Ellington bad pass
Q4 4:48 · CLE 84-91 MIA
- Technical
Shaun Livingston technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 3:01 · CLE 86-95 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 6
Q3 3:14 · CLE 74-68 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 11:15 · CLE 77-77 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 9:40 · CLE 79-85 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Mario Chalmers technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 1:52 · CLE 52-33 MIA
- Missed FT
Chris Bosh misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:33 · CLE 88-95 MIA
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade bad pass
Q4 2:04 · CLE 91-96 MIA
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 12 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
