⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth 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
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 23-8 off them- A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 31
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 11:25 · SA 10-3 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q1 4:24 · SA 21-25 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 6:13 · SA 63-69 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 7:33 · SA 85-100 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
