⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their thirteen- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 41
- Owned the paint, 72 points inside to 44
- A 17-0 run took them from 1 down to 16 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 45-point deficit to 34
Q4 5:31 · MEM 103-137 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 1 down to 16 up
Q1 5:54 · MEM 21-37 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q1 0:37 · MEM 25-48 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 38
Q3 2:24 · MEM 76-114 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 13 | Threes made | 19 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 29 | Assists | 34 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 72 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 15 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
