⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 27 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 8
- A 16-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 25 in the third quarter
A 18-0 run took them from 2 down to 16 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 2 down to 16 up
Q1 11:33 · MIA 18-2 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 5:15 · MIA 44-46 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 0:23 · MIA 52-64 OKC
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 25
Q3 0:40 · MIA 76-101 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 3 | Threes made | 16 |
| 16% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 13 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
