⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 26
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q1 8:22 · MIA 17-6 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 4:18 · MIA 38-43 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q3 7:46 · MIA 61-63 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 6:04 · MIA 88-103 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 19 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
