⏱️How 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.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 33- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q1 10:40 · MIL 2-17 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 0:44 · MIL 44-59 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Willie Reed and Greg Monroe
Q2 8:55 · MIL 24-32 MIA
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
