⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 40 from three- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 9:28 · TOR 35-37 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Aron Baynes technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:31 · TOR 72-69 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 5:31 · TOR 72-77 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 10:13 · TOR 85-96 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 16 | Threes made | 18 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 29 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
