⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 31 from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 2:20 · MIA 30-28 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 8:11 · MIA 80-67 MEM
- Steal
Josh Richardson stole it from Marc Gasol
Q4 2:24 · MIA 106-104 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tyler Johnson bad pass
Q4 2:29 · MIA 106-104 MEM
- Turnover
Josh Richardson bad pass
Q4 1:47 · MIA 108-106 MEM
- Missed FT
Bam Adebayo misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:55 · MIA 108-108 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 9:53 · MIA 7-16 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 10:09 · MIA 34-45 MEM
- Ties it
JaMychal Green hit a 9-foot jump bank shot
Q4 1:33 · MIA 108-108 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marc Gasol bad pass
Q4 2:24 · MIA 106-104 MEM
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:31 · MIA 109-108 MEM
📊The numbers
| MIA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 18 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
