⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of sixteen from three- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 28
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 22-7 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:48 · MIA 104-98 TOR
- Missed FT
Chris Bosh misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:24 · MIA 105-100 TOR
- Missed FT
Luol Deng misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:16 · MIA 106-102 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q4 9:49 · MIA 96-90 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Greivis Vasquez bad pass
Q4 2:50 · MIA 102-95 TOR
- Missed FT
Kyle Lowry misses free throw 3 of 3
Q4 1:49 · MIA 103-96 TOR
- Missed FT
Kyle Lowry misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 1:49 · MIA 103-95 TOR
📊The numbers
| MIA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 11 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
