⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
+3Q121-20
-6Q230-35
-7Q322-31
-3Q422-22
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 17-8 off them
Key battles
2Steals11
17Points off turnovers8
3Blocks7
15Turnovers8
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 10:35 · MIA 81-86 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 2:04 · MIA 91-108 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
