⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Heat 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 10:39 · MIA 14-3 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q4 5:28 · MIA 102-119 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 8:33 · MIA 44-44 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 2:59 · MIA 52-58 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 6:25 · MIA 67-81 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 18 | Threes made | 22 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 30 | Assists | 26 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
