⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 12
Q4 3:47 · MIN 84-96 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 7:05 · MIN 9-14 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 1:35 · MIN 19-27 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q3 6:39 · MIN 51-67 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 14 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
