⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
+6Q128-24
+12Q233-19
-6Q322-29
+5Q432-27
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their twelve- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 37
- Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 30
- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
Key battles
5Free throws made15
10Points off turnovers18
4Blocks8
33Assists20
🏀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 stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q2 1:47 · MIA 63-43 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 10
Q3 6:47 · MIA 72-62 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 18 | Threes made | 12 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 33 | Assists | 20 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
