⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 34
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 16-6 off them
- Burned in transition, 1 fast break points to 16
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- Steal
Shelvin Mack stole it from Kelly Olynyk
Q4 1:15 · MEM 89-94 MIA
- Steal
Shelvin Mack stole it from Josh Richardson
Q4 0:52 · MEM 89-94 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
J.B. Bickerstaff technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:07 · MEM 70-71 MIA
- Technical
JaMychal Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:52 · MEM 75-71 MIA
- Missed FT
Shelvin Mack misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 0:07 · MEM 92-98 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 7:17 · MEM 17-15 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q4 10:12 · MEM 76-82 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kelly Olynyk lost ball turnover
Q4 1:15 · MEM 89-94 MIA
- Turnover
Josh Richardson bad pass
Q4 0:52 · MEM 89-94 MIA
- Turnover
Bam Adebayo steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 0:22 · MEM 92-96 MIA
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
