⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen- A 17-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 21 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 5 down to 9 up
Q2 6:51 · UTAH 45-36 MIA
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 21
Q2 0:01 · UTAH 63-42 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
