⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 24 from three- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 20-9 off them
- Lost the glass, 33 rebounds to 49
- Beaten inside, 18 points in the paint to 46
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- Go-ahead
Tim Duncan hit a 17-foot jumper, Matt Bonner with the assist
Q4 2:59 · SA 84-83 MIA
- Steal
Danny Green stole it from Rashard Lewis
Q4 2:41 · SA 84-83 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q4 5:56 · SA 86-83 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 3:41 · SA 80-82 MIA
- Turnover
Matt Bonner bad pass
Q4 2:34 · SA 84-83 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 1:16 · SA 64-74 MIA
- Steal
Shane Battier stole it from Matt Bonner
Q4 2:34 · SA 84-83 MIA
- Winner
Chris Bosh hit a 25-foot three jumper, Ray Allen with the assist
Q4 0:01 · SA 86-88 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Norris Cole misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:12 · SA 82-82 MIA
- Turnover
Rashard Lewis bad pass
Q4 2:41 · SA 84-83 MIA
- Turnover
Norris Cole steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 1:44 · SA 84-83 MIA
📊The numbers
| SA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 12 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 18 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
