⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
A 19-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 24 in the third quarter- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 24
Q3 10:18 · OKC 75-51 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Enes Kanter and Josh Richardson
Q3 3:16 · OKC 77-57 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 11:37 · OKC 41-36 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 1:40 · OKC 55-51 MIA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Willie Reed flagrant foul type 1 (Enes Kanter draws the foul)
Q3 1:16 · OKC 81-59 MIA
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 12 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
