⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 28-13 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q1 6:53 · CLE 16-19 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Caris LeVert technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:07 · CLE 73-95 MIA
- Technical
Caris LeVert technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:07 · CLE 73-100 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 9:53 · CLE 2-16 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 0:46 · CLE 26-39 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 9:39 · CLE 59-80 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 14 | Threes made | 20 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 30 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
