⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 31
- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 11:12 · MIA 63-49 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 1:53 · MIA 82-65 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q4 8:15 · MIA 96-73 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q2 6:54 · MIA 44-41 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Jim Boylan technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 5:43 · MIA 38-30 MIL
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 14 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
