⏱️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
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Jazz 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q3 6:36 · MIA 69-70 UTAH
- Winner
Josh Richardson hit a driving layup, Goran Dragic with the assist
Q4 0:05 · MIA 103-102 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kelly Olynyk misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:23 · MIA 94-98 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 5:26 · MIA 16-17 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derrick Favors misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:12 · MIA 89-96 UTAH
- Turnover
Joe Ingles out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 3:08 · MIA 92-98 UTAH
- Turnover
Donovan Mitchell out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:08 · MIA 97-100 UTAH
📊The numbers
| MIA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 6 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 16 | Blocks | 18 |
