⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their three- Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their ten
- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 29
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers 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.
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q1 4:26 · BOS 32-16 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q2 9:18 · BOS 55-25 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 32
Q3 11:37 · BOS 78-46 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q2 7:44 · BOS 55-33 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyler Herro technical foul
Q1 4:26 · BOS 21-16 MIA
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 16 | Threes made | 3 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
