⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 24 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 32
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 30
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 10:49 · MIA 9-1 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 42-point deficit to 33
Q4 3:06 · MIA 98-131 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 7:57 · MIA 11-11 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 33-point lead to 43
Q4 10:16 · MIA 69-112 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
John Collins technical foul
Q4 7:25 · MIA 73-112 UTAH
📊The numbers
| MIA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 9 | Threes made | 19 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 25 | Assists | 31 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
