⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their eleven- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen
- Beaten inside, 46 points in the paint to 62
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 0:00 · SAC 30-32 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMar DeRozan technical foul
Q2 6:35 · SAC 44-51 MIA
- Technical
Doug Christie technical foul
Q3 7:28 · SAC 76-87 MIA
- Flagrant
DeMar DeRozan flagrant foul type 1
Q4 1:24 · SAC 112-124 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:04 · SAC 2-8 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 7:29 · SAC 76-92 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Pelle Larsson misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q4 1:24 · SAC 112-125 MIA
📊The numbers
| SAC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 21 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 33 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
