⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:44 · LAL 8-0 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 4:38 · LAL 68-50 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 5:13 · LAL 122-110 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Smart technical foul
Q4 6:53 · LAL 114-107 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 8:58 · LAL 85-80 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q3 2:06 · LAL 102-100 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Simone Fontecchio misses technical free throw
Q4 6:53 · LAL 114-107 MIA
- Missed FT
Davion Mitchell misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:47 · LAL 118-110 MIA
- Missed FT
Davion Mitchell misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:47 · LAL 118-110 MIA
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 33 | Assists | 29 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
