⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Rockets 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 0:01 · MIA 96-82 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyler Herro technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:08 · MIA 86-79 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 1:27 · MIA 59-59 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Alperen Sengun misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:57 · MIA 110-102 HOU
📊The numbers
| MIA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 15 | Threes made | 14 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
