⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 33 from three- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 30
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 9:47 · MIA 12-4 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q1 4:45 · MIA 32-14 LAL
- Steal
Caleb Martin stole it from Talen Horton-Tucker
Q4 0:05 · MIA 111-107 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Duncan Robinson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:51 · MIA 105-98 LAL
- Turnover
Bam Adebayo turnover
Q4 1:25 · MIA 111-105 LAL
- Turnover
P.J. Tucker traveling
Q4 0:07 · MIA 111-107 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q1 3:18 · MIA 32-22 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q4 3:53 · MIA 104-98 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Avery Bradley offensive foul
Q4 0:37 · MIA 111-107 LAL
- Turnover
Avery Bradley turnover
Q4 0:37 · MIA 111-107 LAL
- Turnover
Talen Horton-Tucker bad pass
Q4 0:05 · MIA 111-107 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 15 | Threes made | 11 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 31 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
