⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 0:41 · CLE 39-27 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 1:16 · CLE 93-72 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 11
Q2 4:41 · CLE 61-50 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 7:31 · CLE 75-65 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
