⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their sixteen- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 31
- Kept giving it away, eleven turnovers to their five
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q3 2:21 · MIA 87-111 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 31
Q3 0:33 · MIA 90-121 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 64% |
| 16 | Threes made | 22 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 25 | Assists | 36 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
