⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 31 from three- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 36
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 8:15 · MIA 42-40 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 11:09 · MIA 65-56 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kelly Olynyk offensive foul
Q4 2:54 · MIA 116-113 UTAH
- Turnover
Kelly Olynyk turnover
Q4 2:54 · MIA 116-113 UTAH
- Turnover
Jimmy Butler bad pass
Q4 0:59 · MIA 118-116 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 7:55 · MIA 77-78 UTAH
- Steal
Royce O'Neale stole it from Jimmy Butler
Q4 0:59 · MIA 118-116 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mike Conley turnover
Q4 1:58 · MIA 118-115 UTAH
- Missed FT
Donovan Mitchell misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:28 · MIA 118-116 UTAH
- Turnover
Donovan Mitchell out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:49 · MIA 118-116 UTAH
📊The numbers
| MIA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 14 | Threes made | 15 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
