⏱️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
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q2 4:40 · POR 40-50 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Norman Powell misses technical free throw
Q2 1:14 · POR 41-55 MIA
- Technical
Jusuf Nurkic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:59 · POR 104-112 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 9:28 · POR 28-41 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 7:19 · POR 31-50 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q4 6:32 · POR 92-105 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyle Lowry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:13 · POR 35-50 MIA
- Technical
Kyle Lowry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:14 · POR 40-55 MIA
- Missed FT
P.J. Tucker misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:19 · POR 107-112 MIA
📊The numbers
| POR | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 15 | Threes made | 19 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 18 | Assists | 29 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
