⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 35
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- Steal
Cade Cunningham stole it from Kyle Lowry
Q4 1:11 · DET 86-94 MIA
- Steal
Cory Joseph stole it from Jimmy Butler
Q4 0:08 · DET 92-99 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cory Joseph lost ball turnover
Q4 0:32 · DET 88-96 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 10:16 · DET 77-76 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q4 8:24 · DET 79-85 MIA
- Steal
Caleb Martin stole it from Cory Joseph
Q4 0:32 · DET 88-96 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry bad pass
Q4 1:11 · DET 86-94 MIA
- Turnover
Tyler Herro out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:20 · DET 90-98 MIA
- Turnover
Jimmy Butler lost ball turnover
Q4 0:08 · DET 92-99 MIA
📊The numbers
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
