⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 42 from three
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 30
- Beaten inside, 18 points in the paint to 46
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 4:31 · MIA 74-82 MIL
- Steal
Bam Adebayo stole it from Andre Jackson Jr.
Q4 0:34 · MIA 100-104 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Pelle Larsson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:24 · MIA 96-98 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 9:29 · MIA 5-16 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q3 10:21 · MIA 54-76 MIL
Bad plays
- Goaltend
Brook Lopez defensive goaltending violation
Q4 4:02 · MIA 96-96 MIL
- Turnover
Andre Jackson Jr. bad pass
Q4 0:34 · MIA 100-104 MIL
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:05 · MIA 103-104 MIL
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 20 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 18 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
