⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 7:03 · UTAH 17-7 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 8:07 · UTAH 54-56 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q4 8:47 · UTAH 80-77 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 4:46 · UTAH 82-86 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- Winner
Bam Adebayo hit a 15-foot pullup jump shot
Q4 2:53 · UTAH 86-88 MIA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kel'el Ware flagrant foul type 1
Q4 8:19 · UTAH 77-77 MIA
- Turnover
Nikola Jovic bad pass
Q4 0:16 · UTAH 90-95 MIA
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 11 | Threes made | 14 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
