⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHI better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the 76ers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 32
- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 28-13 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
76ers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 15
Q3 9:49 · PHI 59-74 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 2:10 · PHI 25-38 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q2 2:32 · PHI 42-67 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 31
Q4 7:27 · PHI 83-114 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHI | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 10 | Threes made | 18 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 39 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
