⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 31- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 34
- Could not get to the line, 28 free throws to their 40
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 10:36 · MIA 14-2 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q1 4:26 · MIA 29-10 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 26
Q4 10:28 · MIA 109-83 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Kerr technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:45 · MIA 94-79 GS
📊The numbers
| MIA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 35 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
