⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their fourteen- A 14-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 28 in the third 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 28
Q3 2:42 · MIA 105-77 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyler Herro technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:48 · MIA 67-53 MEM
- Missed FT
Kevin Love misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q3 6:44 · MIA 80-66 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 19
Q4 10:45 · MIA 107-88 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Taylor Jenkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:27 · MIA 10-11 MEM
- Flagrant
Desmond Bane flagrant foul type 2 (Bane was ejected)
Q3 6:44 · MIA 80-66 MEM
📊The numbers
| MIA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 13 | Threes made | 18 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 33 | Assists | 29 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
