⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their thirteen- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 26
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 6-point lead to 14
Q1 1:47 · MIA 33-19 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q2 6:18 · MIA 51-36 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 26
Q3 10:45 · MIA 77-51 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q2 8:52 · MIA 40-36 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 24
Q3 3:55 · MIA 91-67 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 29 | Assists | 19 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
