⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 35 from three
- A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the fourth quarter
- Burned in transition, 5 fast break points to 18
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 2:01 · DEN 27-26 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q2 10:30 · DEN 39-29 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 4:46 · DEN 50-43 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q4 10:57 · DEN 85-90 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
