⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHI better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the 76ers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 44- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 24-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
76ers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q3 7:16 · PHI 71-69 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 9:37 · PHI 2-16 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q3 4:16 · PHI 74-84 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHI | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 69 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
