⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHI better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the 76ers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their thirteen- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37
- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 22-11 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 5:31 · PHI 91-108 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 10:03 · PHI 8-11 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q3 1:56 · PHI 75-98 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHI | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 13 | Threes made | 20 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 28 | Assists | 33 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
