⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 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
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ LAC 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 Heat won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made 24 threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, 24 of 46 from three
- A 20-0 run took them from 2 down to 18 up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 35
- Beaten inside, 46 points in the paint to 66
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up in the second quarter
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 1-point lead to 14
Q1 2:27 · MIA 38-24 LAC
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run took them from 2 down to 18 up
Q2 6:33 · MIA 64-46 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 1:51 · MIA 140-119 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up
Q2 9:15 · MIA 42-44 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 24
Q4 11:20 · MIA 114-90 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 7:30 · MIA 121-103 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 24 | Threes made | 9 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 34 | Assists | 23 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
