⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 25 from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 0:32 · MIA 59-40 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 0:44 · MIA 89-70 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q2 4:04 · MIA 46-37 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q3 4:17 · MIA 78-70 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 68% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
