⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 30- A 16-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 18 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 34
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10 in the third quarter
Key battles
20Points off turnovers9
30Free throws made15
30Points in the paint50
23Assists36
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 4:17 · GS 20-20 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10
Q3 7:59 · GS 59-69 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 18
Q2 10:19 · GS 27-45 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q2 6:13 · GS 31-55 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 9:51 · GS 80-95 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 12 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 36 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
