⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 40
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
Nothing costly of their own making.

Raptors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q1 10:04 · MIA 3-16 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 10:33 · MIA 47-63 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q4 9:03 · MIA 76-99 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 18 | Assists | 29 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 12 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |




