⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 32- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 26
- A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 in the fourth quarter
- Made eleven threes to their nineteen
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 stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 7:04 · MIA 42-27 MIL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q4 9:48 · MIA 97-79 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Joe Ingles technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:20 · MIA 50-40 MIL
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 11 | Threes made | 19 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
