⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 26-13 off them- Beaten inside, 24 points in the paint to 44
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 2:01 · CLE 96-98 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 9:14 · CLE 5-15 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q1 7:13 · CLE 7-17 MIA
- Turnover
Chris Bosh steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 1:40 · CLE 90-93 MIA
- Missed FT
Chris Bosh misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:25 · CLE 90-96 MIA
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 12 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
