⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 42
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 cut a 28-point deficit to 20
Q4 11:28 · MIA 68-88 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jimmy Butler misses technical free throw
Q1 9:03 · MIA 2-6 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 3:50 · MIA 8-21 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q2 7:52 · MIA 20-38 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 30
Q4 7:04 · MIA 73-103 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 25 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
