⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons fell 18 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 30 from three
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their five, and outscored them 19-7 off them
- Beaten inside, 28 points in the paint to 50
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 stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q1 2:42 · MIA 31-15 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 10:06 · MIA 60-59 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 2:11 · MIA 75-70 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Hassan Whiteside bad pass
Q4 4:39 · MIA 87-83 DET
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:45 · MIA 89-91 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 1:00 · MIA 52-56 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 7:15 · MIA 87-86 DET
- Winner
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope hit a 17-foot jumper, Anthony Tolliver with the assist
Q4 0:55 · MIA 92-93 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andre Drummond misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:01 · MIA 92-93 DET
- Missed FT
Andre Drummond misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:01 · MIA 92-93 DET
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 15 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 13 | Assists | 16 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
