⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 6:31 · MEM 99-82 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Marc Gasol technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 0:17 · MEM 28-25 MIA
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kosta Koufos and Dwyane Wade
Q4 5:48 · MEM 93-81 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 62% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 4 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
