⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 33- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 23-10 off them
A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Terrence Jones misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:23 · HOU 104-98 MIA
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:34 · HOU 106-100 MIA
- Turnover
James Harden bad pass
Q4 0:13 · HOU 106-103 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1
Q4 10:47 · HOU 88-87 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mario Chalmers misses technical free throw
Q2 1:58 · HOU 50-45 MIA
- Technical
Chris Andersen technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 9:59 · HOU 86-79 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:47 · HOU 104-98 MIA
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
