⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 14
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 7:58 · POR 67-77 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q4 11:27 · POR 81-103 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Caleb Martin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:02 · POR 80-94 MIA
📊The numbers
| POR | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 12 | Threes made | 15 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 20 | Assists | 34 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 29 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
