⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 36 from three
A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 8:20 · CLE 35-31 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 3:27 · CLE 52-38 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 8:12 · CLE 92-79 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1
Q2 0:18 · CLE 55-54 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 16 | Threes made | 13 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
