⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 4 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 4
Q4 5:51 · DAL 87-91 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Harrison Barnes misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:44 · DAL 87-91 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 4:18 · DAL 37-45 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q3 7:00 · DAL 55-71 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 7:40 · DAL 68-85 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:54 · DAL 87-91 MIA
📊The numbers
| DAL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 12 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 3 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 12 | Steals | 16 |
| 22 | Blocks | 19 |
