⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 33 from three- Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen
- A 15-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 24 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.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q2 4:23 · HOU 48-65 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Porter Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:09 · HOU 72-86 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 3:39 · HOU 27-35 MIA
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 24
Q2 9:39 · HOU 38-62 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tyler Herro misses technical free throw
Q3 6:09 · HOU 72-86 MIA
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry bad pass
Q4 4:24 · HOU 102-107 MIA
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 14 | Threes made | 14 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
