⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ GS 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 Warriors won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34- A 19-0 run from level to 19 points up in the third quarter
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the first quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q1 8:28 · MIA 18-8 GS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up
Q3 1:36 · MIA 84-81 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 11 down to 2 up
Q1 4:04 · MIA 23-25 GS
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run from level to 19 points up
Q3 11:43 · MIA 50-69 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q4 1:59 · MIA 100-118 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 14 | Threes made | 15 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
