⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 39 from three
- Lived at the line, 22 free throws to their twelve
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 50
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 9:29 · MIA 13-3 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 2:45 · MIA 70-69 LAC
- Steal
Jimmy Butler stole it from James Harden
Q4 0:53 · MIA 89-96 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 9:16 · MIA 27-30 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 4:17 · MIA 36-41 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
James Harden bad pass
Q4 0:53 · MIA 89-96 LAC
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:21 · MIA 92-98 LAC
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 16 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
