⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 21 from three- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their six, and outscored them 22-8 off them
A 13-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 6 in the fourth quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q2 9:34 · MIA 43-32 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 2:35 · MIA 82-74 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jimmy Butler misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:47 · MIA 113-106 UTAH
- Turnover
Jimmy Butler lost ball turnover
Q4 0:42 · MIA 115-110 UTAH
- Missed FT
Tyler Herro misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:17 · MIA 115-113 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 6
Q4 4:59 · MIA 112-106 UTAH
- Steal
Mike Conley stole it from Jimmy Butler
Q4 0:42 · MIA 115-110 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 11 | Threes made | 15 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 30 | Assists | 26 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
