⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 32- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the second quarter
- Made four threes to their eleven
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 10:42 · MIA 9-2 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 2:11 · MIA 33-22 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q2 5:15 · MIA 49-33 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q4 5:37 · MIA 94-81 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 11 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
