⏱️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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
They went cold, eleven of 37 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q3 1:29 · MEM 81-77 MIA
- Steal
Santi Aldama stole it from Kyle Lowry
Q4 0:38 · MEM 99-105 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 1:50 · MEM 102-105 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jaren Jackson Jr. lost ball turnover
Q4 3:57 · MEM 88-96 MIA
- Technical
Marcus Smart technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:54 · MEM 88-98 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q1 4:51 · MEM 19-31 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 7:31 · MEM 64-73 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Haywood Highsmith technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:24 · MEM 56-61 MIA
- Turnover
Duncan Robinson traveling
Q4 0:55 · MEM 97-105 MIA
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry bad pass
Q4 0:38 · MEM 99-105 MIA
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
