⏱️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
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 37- A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15 in the third 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15
Q3 7:48 · MIA 68-53 MIL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q3 0:31 · MIA 79-61 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 3:44 · MIA 43-44 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Brandon Jennings technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 0:09 · MIA 25-21 MIL
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
