⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 27 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five- Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their fourteen
A 23-0 run took them from 5 down to 18 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
- 23-0 run
A 23-0 run took them from 5 down to 18 up
Q1 10:51 · MIA 23-5 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 7:38 · MIA 73-65 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Hassan Whiteside technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:31 · MIA 65-60 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 14 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 4 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 15 | Steals | 9 |
| 24 | Blocks | 15 |
