⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 33 from three
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 10:40 · MIA 59-63 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q3 7:33 · MIA 71-69 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q4 7:23 · MIA 95-100 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Bam Adebayo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:12 · MIA 71-69 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 5:12 · MIA 71-77 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marcus Smart bad pass
Q4 4:31 · MIA 93-100 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 17 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 11 |
