⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 24-2 off them- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 6:20 · CLE 21-14 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 3:42 · CLE 31-20 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q2 6:49 · CLE 50-56 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 8:44 · CLE 68-86 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Andre Iguodala technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 10:50 · CLE 36-31 MIA
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 20 | Threes made | 18 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 30 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
