⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 4- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 5:35 · LAC 48-48 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q2 1:08 · LAC 64-58 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 7:19 · LAC 115-94 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 2:04 · LAC 23-35 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
