⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen
- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 40
- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q2 11:25 · MIA 46-35 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q3 4:28 · MIA 88-68 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 31
Q4 5:47 · MIA 115-84 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 7:48 · MIA 15-17 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 7:25 · MIA 74-64 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 6 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Steals | 19 |
| 17 | Blocks | 22 |
