⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 34 from three
- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 6:28 · MIA 17-15 DET
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q3 7:16 · MIA 76-67 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wayne Ellington misses technical free throw
Q1 4:03 · MIA 19-19 DET
- Technical
Erik Spoelstra technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:54 · MIA 78-74 DET
- Turnover
Josh Richardson out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 3:21 · MIA 103-98 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tobias Harris misses technical free throw
Q3 1:54 · MIA 78-74 DET
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 3 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 16 | Blocks | 14 |
