⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their thirteen- A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 10:40 · HOU 61-55 MIA
- Go-ahead
Dillon Brooks hit a driving layup, Fred VanVleet with the assist
Q4 2:47 · HOU 94-93 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Dillon Brooks and Bam Adebayo
Q3 8:23 · HOU 66-57 MIA
- Turnover
Alperen Sengun bad pass
Q4 3:21 · HOU 92-93 MIA
- Turnover
5 second violation
Q4 0:47 · HOU 94-98 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q1 9:29 · HOU 12-16 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q4 6:57 · HOU 92-93 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q4 1:56 · HOU 94-102 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tyler Herro misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:44 · HOU 92-93 MIA
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
