⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, 21 of 37 from three- Won the glass, 50 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q4 10:26 · MEM 89-105 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Ja Morant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:52 · MEM 94-118 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q1 1:57 · MEM 22-41 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q2 0:01 · MEM 54-75 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 8:01 · MEM 91-116 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 16 | Threes made | 21 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 31 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
