⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 35 from three
- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 16-4 off them
- A 15-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 20 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 29
A 13-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 5 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 5
Q4 6:05 · CLE 98-103 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Deron Williams bad pass
Q4 2:45 · CLE 93-101 MIA
- Turnover
LeBron James lost ball turnover
Q4 1:58 · CLE 95-103 MIA
- Missed FT
Tristan Thompson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:47 · CLE 95-103 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 20
Q3 3:08 · CLE 71-91 MIA
- Steal
Goran Dragic stole it from Deron Williams
Q4 2:45 · CLE 93-101 MIA
- Steal
Goran Dragic stole it from LeBron James
Q4 1:58 · CLE 95-103 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Hassan Whiteside traveling
Q4 3:08 · CLE 93-101 MIA
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 16 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 15 | Assists | 23 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
