⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their ten- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 24-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 7:13 · BOS 21-7 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 10:25 · BOS 31-24 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 7:51 · BOS 32-32 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Bam Adebayo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:38 · BOS 67-52 MIA
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 16 | Threes made | 17 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
