⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 17 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 33-15 off them
- A 17-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 2 in the second quarter
- Made twelve threes to their nineteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 0:30 · SA 88-82 MIA
- Go-ahead
Jeremy Sochan hit a 1-foot two point shot, Victor Wembanyama with the assist
Q4 2:18 · SA 110-109 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Victor Wembanyama lost ball turnover
Q4 4:00 · SA 103-103 MIA
- Turnover
Zach Collins bad pass
Q4 1:40 · SA 110-112 MIA
- Turnover
Keldon Johnson lost ball turnover
Q4 0:41 · SA 110-114 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 2
Q2 7:44 · SA 42-40 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up
Q4 6:25 · SA 103-105 MIA
- Winner
Josh Richardson hit a 26-foot three jumper, Jaime Jaquez Jr. with the assist
Q4 1:58 · SA 110-112 MIA
Bad plays
- Goaltend
Bam Adebayo defensive goaltending violation
Q4 2:18 · SA 110-109 MIA
📊The numbers
| SA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 19 | Threes made | 12 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 35 | Assists | 26 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
