⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their nineteen- A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 7:16 · MIA 18-13 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 8:06 · MIA 48-39 DAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up
Q4 11:39 · MIA 101-93 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:45 · MIA 119-111 DAL
- Missed FT
Jimmy Butler misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:15 · MIA 119-111 DAL
- Turnover
Jimmy Butler out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:48 · MIA 120-113 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 3:36 · MIA 83-82 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:34 · MIA 74-67 DAL
- Technical
Kristaps Porzingis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:32 · MIA 104-98 DAL
📊The numbers
| MIA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 17 | Threes made | 21 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 30 | Assists | 25 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 0 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
