⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 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
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 10:56 · MIA 10-5 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 8:44 · MIA 50-39 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nemanja Bjelica misses technical free throw
Q4 1:47 · MIA 111-95 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Cedi Osman technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:54 · MIA 56-45 CLE
- Technical
Darius Garland technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:47 · MIA 111-95 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 15 | Threes made | 10 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 35 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
