⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 43 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 42
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up in the second 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Hassan Whiteside technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 2:04 · MIA 70-65 LAL
- Missed FT
Hassan Whiteside misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:05 · MIA 90-88 LAL
- Missed FT
Hassan Whiteside misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:15 · MIA 97-94 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q2 9:29 · MIA 36-42 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q4 9:27 · MIA 83-86 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ryan Kelly misses technical free throw
Q3 2:04 · MIA 70-65 LAL
- Turnover
Ryan Kelly lost ball turnover
Q4 3:08 · MIA 90-88 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 23 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
