⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 32 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 6:38 · DAL 51-47 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Caleb Martin and Simone Fontecchio
Q1 0:25 · DAL 26-31 MIA
- Technical
Anthony Davis technical foul
Q2 0:05 · DAL 64-53 MIA
- Missed FT
Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:26 · DAL 109-102 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:43 · DAL 0-8 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 16 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 31 | Assists | 29 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
