⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 31- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 29-11 off them
- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 42
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q1 9:18 · MIA 17-11 SA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Hassan Whiteside flagrant foul type 2 (Boban Marjanovic draws the foul)
Q4 9:34 · MIA 80-92 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 7:31 · MIA 58-71 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 1 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 25 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
