⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CLE 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 Cavaliers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their ten- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 29
- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 21-11 off them
- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 30
- A 18-0 run took them from 9 down to 9 up in the first quarter
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.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 9 down to 9 up
Q1 6:33 · MIA 15-24 CLE
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19
Q1 1:42 · MIA 20-39 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 16 | Threes made | 15 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Assists | 32 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
