⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 19-8 off them- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 5
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q2 5:41 · MIA 38-60 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 13 | Threes made | 15 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
