⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 30 from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Erik Spoelstra technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 2:11 · MIA 94-104 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 11:22 · MIA 21-29 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Marcus Smart flagrant foul type 1 (Hassan Whiteside draws the foul)
Q4 3:16 · MIA 89-100 BOS
- Technical
Marcus Smart technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 2:26 · MIA 93-103 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
