⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 13 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
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 35 from three- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 9
Q4 1:40 · MIA 111-120 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 4:48 · MIA 20-29 DEN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q2 8:33 · MIA 35-50 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Bones Hyland technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:58 · MIA 91-110 DEN
📊The numbers
| MIA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 15 | Threes made | 18 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 32 | Assists | 32 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 2 | Steals | 2 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
