⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 32- Owned the paint, 42 points inside to 24
- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 34
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
- Flagrant
Hassan Whiteside flagrant foul type 2 (Kelly Olynyk draws the foul)
Q3 2:45 · MIA 58-67 BOS
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:54 · MIA 87-93 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q3 4:58 · MIA 58-69 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Evan Turner and Henry Walker
Q4 0:26 · MIA 89-100 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 15 | Assists | 17 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
