⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter and never got it back.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eight of fourteen from three- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 40
A 13-0 run took them from 10 down to 3 up in the third 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 5:13 · MIA 47-42 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Hassan Whiteside misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:43 · MIA 92-87 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 9:30 · MIA 33-35 PHI
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 10 down to 3 up
Q3 5:09 · MIA 69-72 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Robert Covington misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 0:22 · MIA 99-92 PHI
📊The numbers
| MIA | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 10 | Blocks | 7 |
