⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
-6Q124-30
-9Q231-37
+4Q331-31
-7Q427-35
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 33 from three
Key battles
10Points off turnovers4
27%Three-point accuracy48%
2Steals5
9Threes made16
📊The numbers
| MIA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 9 | Threes made | 16 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 30 | Assists | 35 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 5 |
| 0 | Blocks | 1 |
