⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their five- A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their six, and were outscored 21-6 off them
- Beaten inside, 28 points in the paint to 50
Key battles
10Fast break points0
21Points off turnovers6
6Turnovers18
8Steals2
🏀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 stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 8:00 · CLE 43-32 MIA
- Steal
Kyrie Irving stole it from Ray Allen
Q4 0:23 · CLE 93-96 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 3:43 · CLE 95-96 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q3 11:25 · CLE 56-62 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ray Allen bad pass
Q4 0:23 · CLE 93-96 MIA
- Missed FT
Norris Cole misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:14 · CLE 95-96 MIA
- Missed FT
Norris Cole misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:14 · CLE 95-96 MIA
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 5 | Threes made | 13 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
