⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 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
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their eleven- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 36
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 3:20 · MIA 36-23 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q3 9:47 · MIA 84-69 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 11:06 · MIA 120-101 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q2 7:34 · MIA 52-49 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Hardaway Jr. technical foul
Q4 6:54 · MIA 126-108 DEN
📊The numbers
| MIA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 22 | Threes made | 11 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 40 | Assists | 29 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
