⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 28
- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q2 9:49 · MIA 44-31 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 6:54 · MIA 117-100 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 7:26 · MIA 70-67 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 14 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
