⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fifteen- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 25-9 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
A 14-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 5 in the fourth quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q1 8:28 · MIA 16-12 DET
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q3 0:31 · MIA 94-75 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bam Adebayo bad pass
Q4 2:05 · MIA 103-97 DET
- Turnover
Tyler Herro bad pass
Q4 1:49 · MIA 103-99 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 9:47 · MIA 5-12 DET
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 5
Q4 9:07 · MIA 94-89 DET
- Steal
Killian Hayes stole it from Tyler Herro
Q4 1:49 · MIA 103-99 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Killian Hayes misses technical free throw
Q3 10:23 · MIA 63-49 DET
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 13 |
