⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
They went cold, nine of 42 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 9:41 · BOS 51-59 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 0:48 · BOS 15-27 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 0:01 · BOS 66-83 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 14 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |