⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 27
- Lost the glass, 34 rebounds to 51
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q2 0:34 · HOU 68-55 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q4 6:13 · HOU 110-93 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q1 9:37 · HOU 7-15 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 7:00 · HOU 74-72 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 16 | Threes made | 6 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 26 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
