⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 22 free throws to their ten
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 0:37 · MIA 61-51 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Rashard Lewis technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 8:56 · MIA 78-72 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 10:11 · MIA 27-32 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Greivis Vasquez bad pass
Q4 3:15 · MIA 85-78 TOR
📊The numbers
| MIA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
