⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 33
A 19-0 run took them from 11 down to 8 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.
Spurs
Good plays
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run took them from 11 down to 8 up
Q1 4:36 · SA 28-20 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 11:06 · SA 3-9 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 0:51 · SA 28-29 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q4 10:59 · SA 86-90 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Erik Spoelstra technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:21 · SA 67-66 MIA
📊The numbers
| SA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 25 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
