⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
A 17-0 run took them from 1 down to 16 up in the third quarter- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 28
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 took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 5:52 · MIA 87-86 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q4 3:31 · MIA 120-126 OKC
- Steal
Duncan Robinson stole it from Chet Holmgren
Q4 0:17 · MIA 120-128 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tyler Herro misses technical free throw
Q1 9:13 · MIA 11-4 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q3 11:38 · MIA 69-78 OKC
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 1 down to 16 up
Q3 0:29 · MIA 96-112 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander bad pass
Q4 1:08 · MIA 118-126 OKC
- Turnover
Chet Holmgren bad pass
Q4 0:17 · MIA 120-128 OKC
📊The numbers
| MIA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 15 | Threes made | 14 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 25 | Assists | 36 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
