⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 24- Made eight threes to their fourteen
- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their 22
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q1 4:02 · MEM 27-28 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Brandon Clarke technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:37 · MEM 89-84 MIA
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:00 · MEM 101-93 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 8:35 · MEM 11-18 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q3 11:15 · MEM 60-63 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jimmy Butler misses technical free throw
Q4 6:37 · MEM 89-84 MIA
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
