⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten
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 took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 10:28 · MIA 11-6 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 11:40 · MIA 83-77 SA
- Steal
Meyers Leonard stole it from Derrick White
Q4 1:37 · MIA 98-93 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jimmy Butler bad pass
Q4 3:12 · MIA 94-86 SA
- Missed FT
Jimmy Butler misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:32 · MIA 98-93 SA
- Missed FT
Bam Adebayo misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:14 · MIA 106-100 SA
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derrick White misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:26 · MIA 96-89 SA
- Turnover
Derrick White lost ball turnover
Q4 1:37 · MIA 98-93 SA
- Turnover
Bryn Forbes lost ball turnover
Q4 0:08 · MIA 106-100 SA
📊The numbers
| MIA | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
