⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
They went cold, thirteen of 49 from three- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 23, and were outscored 34-14 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16 in the first quarter
- Lost the glass, 52 rebounds to 62
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16
Q1 9:29 · MIA 20-4 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 9:20 · MIA 39-26 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q3 0:37 · MIA 79-74 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Pat Spencer
Q2 0:48 · MIA 48-43 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 5:18 · MIA 41-40 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 7:56 · MIA 59-60 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 13 | Threes made | 13 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 30 | Assists | 24 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 34 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
