⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 29
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven
- Burned in transition, 4 fast break points to 20
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 8:37 · MIA 9-18 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 6:39 · MIA 67-79 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 14 | Threes made | 13 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
