⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, 21 of 43 from three- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 5:40 · BOS 81-80 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 9:00 · BOS 112-96 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaylen Brown technical foul
Q1 3:27 · BOS 21-21 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 4:18 · BOS 21-25 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 21 | Threes made | 19 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 25 | Assists | 27 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
