⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 32 from three- Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their sixteen
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q3 0:00 · MIA 87-84 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kelly Olynyk bad pass
Q4 2:52 · MIA 96-100 TOR
- Turnover
Goran Dragic out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:17 · MIA 101-102 TOR
- Turnover
Jimmy Butler bad pass
Q4 0:07 · MIA 101-103 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 1:54 · MIA 17-23 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 9:04 · MIA 26-33 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q4 7:24 · MIA 92-98 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:59 · MIA 96-100 TOR
- Turnover
Fred VanVleet turnover
Q4 0:52 · MIA 99-102 TOR
- Missed FT
Marc Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:14 · MIA 101-102 TOR
📊The numbers
| MIA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 14 | Threes made | 16 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 29 | Assists | 19 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 22 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
