⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their thirteen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 23, and were outscored 39-20 off them
- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to five
- A 15-0 run took them from 2 down to 13 up in the third quarter
- Made ten threes to their seventeen
- They shot well above their usual, seventeen 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.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 8:52 · OKC 42-41 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 9:01 · OKC 67-66 MIA
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 2 down to 13 up
Q3 5:49 · OKC 87-74 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:08 · OKC 2-8 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 0:03 · OKC 32-38 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 23 | Assists | 35 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 39 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
