⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 29 from three
- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their sixteen
- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 10
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up in the first 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up
Q1 5:47 · MIA 24-22 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q4 6:49 · MIA 111-124 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Justise Winslow technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:02 · MIA 111-124 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 9:07 · MIA 7-20 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 11:29 · MIA 36-41 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q3 0:36 · MIA 94-110 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses technical free throw
Q4 4:02 · MIA 111-124 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 9 | Threes made | 16 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 5 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 11 | Steals | 13 |
| 21 | Blocks | 17 |
