⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 24 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, 24 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their ten- Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fifteen
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 28-5 off them
- A 15-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 27 in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- Missed FT
Duncan Robinson misses technical free throw
Q4 10:20 · MIA 68-119 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q1 10:42 · MIA 3-15 CLE
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 27
Q1 5:19 · MIA 8-35 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 39
Q2 7:31 · MIA 21-60 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 10 | Threes made | 22 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 15 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
