⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17 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.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 6:25 · OKC 14-21 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q3 3:13 · OKC 70-75 MIA
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17
Q4 11:27 · OKC 77-94 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 14 | Threes made | 15 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 30 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
