⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 18 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 26 from three- Gave up second chances, fifteen 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.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:45 · POR 8-0 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 11:36 · POR 56-54 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 4:37 · POR 71-77 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bam Adebayo misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:35 · POR 90-97 MIA
📊The numbers
| POR | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 29 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
