⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
A 19-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 22 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 7:18 · OKC 36-44 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 4:22 · OKC 63-76 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 5:05 · OKC 76-90 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 7:48 · OKC 8-22 MIA
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 22
Q3 10:56 · OKC 53-75 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 11:26 · OKC 65-83 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 15 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 15 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
