⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34
A 13-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 3 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.
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 8:07 · DET 14-13 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 10:23 · DET 32-25 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 3
Q3 4:10 · DET 76-79 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jalen Duren misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:46 · DET 92-97 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 6:47 · DET 36-40 MIA
- Winner
Bam Adebayo hit a 30-foot three jumper, Terry Rozier with the assist
Q4 0:00 · DET 101-104 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:49 · DET 99-101 MIA
- Turnover
Duncan Robinson bad pass
Q4 0:23 · DET 101-101 MIA
📊The numbers
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 12 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
