⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 4:13 · MIA 63-51 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 0:00 · MIA 89-80 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 5:43 · MIA 100-85 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Bosh misses technical free throw
Q2 5:20 · MIA 45-41 DET
- Technical
Double technical foul - Norris Cole and Brandon Jennings
Q4 6:58 · MIA 91-84 DET
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade bad pass
Q4 0:42 · MIA 102-94 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 0:27 · MIA 64-61 DET
- Steal
Andre Drummond stole it from Dwyane Wade
Q4 0:42 · MIA 102-94 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Maurice Cheeks technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 5:20 · MIA 45-41 DET
- Technical
Josh Smith technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 3:28 · MIA 53-48 DET
- Technical
Greg Monroe technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:50 · MIA 56-50 DET
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
