⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
+4Q135-33
+2Q229-27
-4Q326-31
+13Q426-12
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 28 from three
- Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their twelve
- Beaten inside, 40 points in the paint to 62
Key battles
14Threes made4
18Free throws made7
40Points in the paint62
18Assists11
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 0:22 · MIA 40-33 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 14 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Assists | 11 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
