⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their thirteen
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 7 down to 2 up
Q2 8:00 · MIA 39-37 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 10:04 · MIA 4-14 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 10:56 · MIA 79-88 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 3:54 · MIA 86-98 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derrick White misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:24 · MIA 86-93 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 13 | Threes made | 19 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 18 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
