⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
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 cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 8:38 · MIA 65-69 BOS
- Steal
Haywood Highsmith stole it from Jaylen Brown
Q4 2:15 · MIA 101-106 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 9:48 · MIA 29-39 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 11:20 · MIA 52-67 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jaylen Brown flagrant foul type 1
Q4 7:54 · MIA 87-96 BOS
- Turnover
Jaylen Brown lost ball turnover
Q4 2:15 · MIA 101-106 BOS
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:20 · MIA 104-106 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 12 | Threes made | 16 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 1 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
