⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 21- A 13-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 27 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 5:13 · MIA 24-13 MIL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 27
Q4 8:33 · MIA 90-63 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Udonis Haslem technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 0:34 · MIA 54-37 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
