⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 36 from three
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
- Steal
Caleb Martin stole it from Jaren Jackson Jr.
Q4 1:36 · MIA 96-98 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Caleb Martin out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 4:31 · MIA 87-92 MEM
- Turnover
Terry Rozier out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 3:33 · MIA 90-94 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 8:40 · MIA 6-8 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 4:10 · MIA 36-42 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 3:07 · MIA 64-78 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jaren Jackson Jr. bad pass
Q4 3:39 · MIA 90-94 MEM
- Turnover
Vince Williams Jr. traveling
Q4 2:41 · MIA 90-96 MEM
- Turnover
Jaren Jackson Jr. lost ball turnover
Q4 1:36 · MIA 96-98 MEM
📊The numbers
| MIA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 30 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
