⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 8:25 · MEM 12-14 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q3 4:31 · MEM 60-70 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q4 9:05 · MEM 72-90 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 1 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 14 | Steals | 13 |
| 22 | Blocks | 22 |
