⏱️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, 10 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up in the third quarter- Lost the glass, 44 rebounds to 54
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 0:16 · MIA 90-79 DET
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Thomas Bryant flagrant foul type 1
Q3 2:02 · MIA 75-75 DET
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:05 · MIA 106-98 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q3 10:46 · MIA 66-65 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 9:16 · MIA 90-87 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Cade Cunningham misses technical free throw
Q4 10:30 · MIA 87-79 DET
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 15 | Threes made | 14 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 24 | Assists | 14 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
