⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of fourteen from three- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 25
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 8:06 · MIA 39-26 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 3:09 · MIA 54-34 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Erik Spoelstra technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 5:58 · MIA 97-79 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 14 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
