⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat 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
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 32 from three- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 40
- A 20-0 run from level to 20 points up 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run from level to 20 points up
Q4 11:09 · MIA 107-87 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Chris Silva and Jaren Jackson Jr.
Q4 3:25 · MIA 109-91 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q1 8:06 · MIA 13-17 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 4:04 · MIA 52-60 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
