⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 3:00 · MIA 27-16 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 8:27 · MIA 60-66 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 5:23 · MIA 68-77 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 0:06 · MIA 76-91 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q4 7:29 · MIA 84-109 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
