⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 12 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
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 25 from three- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 3
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 10:10 · DAL 36-39 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 9:13 · DAL 95-110 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyle Lowry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:46 · DAL 43-47 MIA
📊The numbers
| DAL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 14 | Threes made | 13 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 1 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
