⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse 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, 43 rebounds to 33
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 10:19 · MIA 33-27 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 11:37 · MIA 80-65 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 0:02 · MIA 49-49 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
