⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 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, 27 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 25-16 off them
- Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 30
- Made five threes to their eleven
- They shot well above their usual, eleven of 22 from three
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 7:35 · MIA 91-74 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 1:12 · MIA 29-26 LAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q2 10:52 · MIA 33-39 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
