⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 28-7 off them- Lost the glass, 30 rebounds to 41
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 10:14 · POR 11-3 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 11:25 · POR 50-65 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 12 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
