⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 32
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Brad Stevens technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:05 · BOS 36-34 MIA
- Missed FT
Kemba Walker misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:55 · BOS 115-123 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 2:41 · BOS 56-64 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 18 | Threes made | 16 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 31 | Assists | 25 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
