⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 28- Ran them off the floor, 14 fast break points to 0
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 9:40 · MIA 39-42 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q3 10:06 · MIA 63-80 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 33
Q4 3:13 · MIA 90-123 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Shaun Livingston technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:24 · MIA 44-44 GS
📊The numbers
| MIA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 4 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 15 | Blocks | 14 |
