⏱️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
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Spurs 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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 6:04 · MIA 24-16 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 5:48 · MIA 104-87 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jimmy Butler technical foul
Q4 8:56 · MIA 87-79 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q4 1:58 · MIA 110-103 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tre Jones misses technical free throw
Q4 8:56 · MIA 87-79 SA
📊The numbers
| MIA | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 29 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
