⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 37
- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 11
- A 15-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 1 in the second quarter
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up in the first 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up
Q1 5:39 · MIA 23-12 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q2 10:15 · MIA 39-23 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Richardson flopping technical foul
Q3 2:52 · MIA 66-79 CLE
- Technical
Double technical foul - Josh Richardson and Georges Niang
Q4 8:56 · MIA 80-95 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 1
Q2 8:33 · MIA 39-38 CLE
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up
Q2 0:07 · MIA 52-66 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Darius Garland misses technical free throw
Q3 2:52 · MIA 66-79 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 15 | Threes made | 14 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
