⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 24 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their seven- A 17-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 20 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.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 1:53 · LAC 60-58 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 2:23 · LAC 90-87 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Tobias Harris technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:06 · LAC 80-84 MIA
- Missed FT
Lou Williams misses technical free throw
Q4 8:35 · LAC 92-100 MIA
- Technical
Doc Rivers technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:30 · LAC 92-104 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 20
Q4 9:56 · LAC 92-112 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q4 2:40 · LAC 98-121 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kelly Olynyk misses technical free throw
Q4 7:17 · LAC 92-105 MIA
📊The numbers
| LAC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 13 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 27 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
