⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their thirteen- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 28
- A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their thirteen
A 12-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 15 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 10:22 · MIA 29-36 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 11:08 · MIA 51-64 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 15
Q4 9:28 · MIA 75-90 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyle Lowry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:29 · MIA 14-30 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q1 5:31 · MIA 10-24 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q2 0:59 · MIA 43-64 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 27
Q3 1:39 · MIA 63-90 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 12 | Threes made | 16 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 28 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 14 |
