⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 35 from three
- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 57
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 1:52 · MIA 30-20 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 10:14 · MIA 74-51 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 33
Q3 6:51 · MIA 89-56 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Max Strus technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:59 · MIA 74-51 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Smart technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:23 · MIA 53-35 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 19 | Threes made | 11 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 1 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
