โฑ๏ธHow it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
โฒ MIA better than we expected
โผ PHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
โ๏ธWhat decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 33
A 12-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 34 in the fourth quarter
Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 22-13 off them
Key battles
๐Good 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 stretched a 23-point lead to 31
Q4 11:45 ยท MIA 109-78 PHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 34
Q4 8:08 ยท MIA 123-89 PHI
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Derrick Williams flagrant foul type 1 (Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot draws the foul)
Q4 1:52 ยท MIA 125-98 PHI

76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 6:24 ยท MIA 49-44 PHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 23
Q4 3:57 ยท MIA 125-102 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Henderson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 1:02 ยท MIA 94-71 PHI
๐The numbers
| MIA | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |







