⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their eleven- Made nine threes to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 9:18 · DEN 65-63 MIA
- Go-ahead
Gary Harris hit a 11-foot hook shot
Q4 0:47 · DEN 92-91 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Millsap misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:48 · DEN 89-91 MIA
- Missed FT
Paul Millsap misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:26 · DEN 92-93 MIA
- Missed FT
Paul Millsap misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:26 · DEN 92-93 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q4 4:04 · DEN 89-91 MIA
- Go-ahead
Josh Richardson hit a 25-foot threeer, Goran Dragic with the assist
Q4 2:12 · DEN 89-91 MIA
- Go-ahead
Dion Waiters hit a driving layup
Q4 0:30 · DEN 92-93 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Hassan Whiteside lost ball turnover
Q4 1:26 · DEN 90-91 MIA
- Missed FT
Goran Dragic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:23 · DEN 92-93 MIA
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 15 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 6 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 17 | Steals | 23 |
| 16 | Blocks | 24 |
