⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- They went cold, ten of 37 from three
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 35
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their fourteen
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 7:40 · LAL 41-34 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 0:01 · LAL 87-86 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 3:12 · LAL 110-108 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Malik Monk misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:23 · LAL 108-108 MIA
- Turnover
Russell Westbrook bad pass
OT 4:29 · LAL 112-112 MIA
- Turnover
5 second violation
OT 0:18 · LAL 119-117 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 4:06 · LAL 71-77 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q4 8:50 · LAL 93-102 MIA
- Lead
Bam Adebayo hit a 2-foot dunk, Tyler Herro with the assist
OT 4:24 · LAL 112-114 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bam Adebayo turnover
Q4 2:15 · LAL 107-108 MIA
- Turnover
Bam Adebayo offensive foul
Q4 1:03 · LAL 108-108 MIA
- Turnover
Bam Adebayo turnover
Q4 1:03 · LAL 108-108 MIA
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 26 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 14 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
