⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35- Kept giving it away, eighteen 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ray Allen misses technical free throw
Q2 4:15 · MIA 47-36 LAL
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:22 · MIA 108-101 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 4:47 · MIA 79-71 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 0:59 · MIA 85-80 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kendall Marshall misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:04 · MIA 106-101 LAL
- Missed FT
Nick Young misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:18 · MIA 109-101 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 21 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
