⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS 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 Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 24-4 off them
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
- Technical
Tyler Herro technical foul
Q3 0:10 · MIA 61-86 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 9:28 · MIA 3-12 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q1 0:39 · MIA 12-30 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 11 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
