⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 45 from three- A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q2 0:10 · MIA 42-45 BOS
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q3 2:31 · MIA 58-72 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q4 10:05 · MIA 60-83 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 16% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 14 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
