⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope bad pass
Q4 4:43 · DET 78-85 MIA
- Turnover
Marcus Morris bad pass
Q4 3:26 · DET 81-87 MIA
- Turnover
Steve Blake bad pass
Q4 2:56 · DET 81-87 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 5:48 · DET 78-87 MIA
- Steal
Hassan Whiteside stole it from Steve Blake
Q4 2:56 · DET 81-87 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Hassan Whiteside bad pass
Q4 3:28 · DET 81-87 MIA
📊The numbers
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 15 | Assists | 15 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
