⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 28 from three
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 28
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- Steal
Karl-Anthony Towns stole it from James Johnson
Q4 0:39 · MIN 107-114 MIA
- Steal
Andrew Wiggins stole it from Okaro White
Q4 0:24 · MIN 110-114 MIA
- Steal
Andrew Wiggins stole it from James Johnson
Q4 0:18 · MIN 113-114 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Okaro White bad pass
Q4 0:24 · MIN 110-114 MIA
- Turnover
James Johnson bad pass
Q4 0:18 · MIN 113-114 MIA
- Missed FT
Hassan Whiteside misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · MIN 113-114 MIA
📊The numbers
| MIN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 15 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 27 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
