⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 36 from three- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 25
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 11:13 · MIA 39-30 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 3:33 · MIA 58-44 PHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q4 6:06 · MIA 104-91 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q3 7:50 · MIA 71-74 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 16 | Threes made | 12 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
