⏱️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
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 28- Made four threes to their ten
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q1 4:58 · CLE 22-15 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 7:41 · CLE 10-14 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 11:45 · CLE 28-32 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 7:39 · CLE 33-42 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Erik Spoelstra technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 3:03 · CLE 34-42 MIA
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
