⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 52
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 9:06 · MIA 41-36 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q4 7:40 · MIA 110-100 POR
- Go-ahead
Bam Adebayo hit a 16-foot jumper
Q4 0:57 · MIA 118-117 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 10 down to 1 up
Q4 6:05 · MIA 110-111 POR
- Go-ahead
Enes Kanter hit a two point shot
Q4 0:40 · MIA 118-119 POR
- Go-ahead
Derrick Jones Jr. hit a 2-foot dunk, CJ McCollum with the assist
Q4 0:13 · MIA 120-121 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
CJ McCollum misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:05 · MIA 110-109 POR
📊The numbers
| MIA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 16 | Threes made | 20 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 34 | Assists | 24 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
