⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 23-2 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q2 9:07 · MEM 33-37 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 0:09 · MEM 39-51 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 4:18 · MEM 52-68 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tyler Johnson misses technical free throw
Q2 4:52 · MEM 33-37 MIA
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 12 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 14 | Assists | 17 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 14 | Blocks | 8 |
