⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 32
- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 5:31 · MIA 15-12 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 7:07 · MIA 70-57 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
James Johnson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 5:26 · MIA 95-85 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 13 | Threes made | 6 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
