⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 17-6 off them- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to five
- A 15-0 run took them from 10 down to 5 up in the fourth quarter
A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 9:39 · MIA 10-7 BOS
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 10 down to 5 up
Q4 8:29 · MIA 92-87 BOS
- Winner
Bam Adebayo hit a jumper, Tyler Herro with the assist
Q4 0:20 · MIA 97-95 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bam Adebayo misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:03 · MIA 93-90 BOS
- Missed FT
Haywood Highsmith misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:00 · MIA 97-95 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up
Q2 1:54 · MIA 50-63 BOS
- Ties it
Grant Williams hit a 24-foot step back jumper, Derrick White with the assist
Q4 0:42 · MIA 95-95 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jayson Tatum bad pass
Q4 1:20 · MIA 93-92 BOS
- Turnover
Jayson Tatum bad pass
Q4 0:01 · MIA 97-95 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
