⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 32 from three
- Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q4 9:07 · BOS 95-89 MIA
- Winner
Isaiah Thomas hit a 2-foot two point shot
Q4 1:57 · BOS 106-104 MIA
- Steal
Isaiah Thomas stole it from Tyler Johnson
Q4 1:27 · BOS 106-104 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Al Horford offensive foul (Tyler Johnson draws the foul)
Q4 4:39 · BOS 101-98 MIA
- Turnover
Al Horford turnover
Q4 4:39 · BOS 101-98 MIA
- Turnover
Marcus Smart Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover
Q4 2:47 · BOS 104-100 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- Ties it
Wayne Ellington hit a two point shot, Justise Winslow with the assist
Q4 2:12 · BOS 104-104 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 0:17 · BOS 117-114 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
James Johnson Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover
Q4 4:26 · BOS 101-98 MIA
- Turnover
Justise Winslow bad pass
Q4 3:41 · BOS 104-98 MIA
- Turnover
Tyler Johnson lost ball turnover
Q4 1:27 · BOS 106-104 MIA
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 35 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
