⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 27-14 off them
- A 18-0 run took them from 9 down to 9 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 28
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 8:35 · MIA 34-37 BOS
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 9 down to 9 up
Q3 9:27 · MIA 61-70 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q4 9:22 · MIA 83-100 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 18 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 28 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
