⏱️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
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 31 from three- A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up in the third quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up
Q3 9:24 · MIA 80-69 DET
- Steal
Bam Adebayo stole it from Jaden Ivey
Q4 2:10 · MIA 108-105 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Nikola Jovic technical foul
Q2 12:00 · MIA 36-27 DET
- Technical
Nikola Jovic technical foul
Q3 5:43 · MIA 82-74 DET
- Turnover
Terry Rozier out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:26 · MIA 111-105 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 12:00 · MIA 36-34 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 0:54 · MIA 61-65 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jaden Ivey lost ball turnover
Q4 2:10 · MIA 108-105 DET
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 14 | Threes made | 12 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 26 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
