⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 4
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 10:36 · MIA 5-9 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 9:48 · MIA 39-36 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
J.B. Bickerstaff technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:27 · MIA 41-36 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 30 | Assists | 23 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
