⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 9:48 · MIL 5-15 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q3 3:59 · MIL 72-94 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q4 11:22 · MIL 78-108 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Bam Adebayo technical foul
Q3 1:49 · MIL 72-94 MIA
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 13 | Threes made | 19 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 34 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 35 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
