⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up in the second quarter- Went cold from three, ten of 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 3:05 · LAL 48-45 MIA
- Go-ahead
Kyle Kuzma hit a 26-foot three jumper, Brook Lopez with the assist
Q4 1:23 · LAL 91-90 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Julius Randle misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:07 · LAL 84-88 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up
Q2 0:37 · LAL 56-58 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q4 9:03 · LAL 81-88 MIA
- Winner
Goran Dragic hit a 10-foot two point shot
Q4 0:15 · LAL 91-92 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Goran Dragic out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:33 · LAL 88-90 MIA
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 4 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 20 | Steals | 11 |
| 17 | Blocks | 18 |
