⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 32
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 stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q2 3:42 · MIA 65-50 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kendrick Nunn bad pass
Q4 4:00 · MIA 105-101 TOR
- Turnover
Jimmy Butler bad pass
Q4 3:41 · MIA 105-101 TOR
- Turnover
Jimmy Butler out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:20 · MIA 114-106 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 10:53 · MIA 66-66 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Norman Powell bad pass
Q4 4:41 · MIA 103-98 TOR
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry lost ball turnover
Q4 3:55 · MIA 105-101 TOR
📊The numbers
| MIA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 17 | Threes made | 20 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 31 | Assists | 30 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
