⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- Winner
Goran Dragic hit a 11-foot jumper, Bam Adebayo with the assist
Q4 1:19 · MIA 86-85 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kelly Olynyk misses technical free throw
Q3 8:58 · MIA 56-47 LAC
- Missed FT
Bam Adebayo misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:04 · MIA 88-85 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 0:43 · MIA 24-23 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 8:58 · MIA 56-54 LAC
- Go-ahead
Lou Williams hit a 25-foot three jumper, Milos Teodosic with the assist
Q4 1:50 · MIA 84-85 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jawun Evans out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:59 · MIA 86-85 LAC
- Turnover
Lou Williams offensive foul
Q4 0:28 · MIA 86-85 LAC
- Turnover
Lou Williams turnover
Q4 0:28 · MIA 86-85 LAC
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 8 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 8 | Steals | 17 |
| 15 | Blocks | 22 |
