⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q2 2:35 · GS 51-56 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 7:08 · GS 88-102 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 10:29 · GS 30-36 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 5:46 · GS 34-46 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 0:40 · GS 76-95 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 10 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 26 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
