⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 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
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 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 nineteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 44
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 23
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 18-6 off them
- Burned in transition, 5 fast break points to 22
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 10:04 · BOS 8-7 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 7:07 · BOS 17-9 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 0:02 · BOS 33-25 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q2 0:27 · BOS 60-52 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 19 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 1 |
