⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 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, 31 free throws to their thirteen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 21, and were outscored 29-16 off them
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
- Flagrant
Pelle Larsson flagrant foul type 1
Q2 2:46 · MIA 62-51 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 2:46 · MIA 62-59 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 6:59 · MIA 102-112 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 15 | Threes made | 14 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 29 | Assists | 32 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 10 |
