⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 6- A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 24
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q2 10:36 · MIA 47-42 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 2:04 · MIA 66-61 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 7:58 · MIA 81-71 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 32 | Assists | 25 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Steals | 14 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
