⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their 22- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 35
- Owned the paint, 70 points inside to 54
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 3:30 · MIA 66-56 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 3:34 · MIA 109-89 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Scotty Pippen Jr. and Myron Gardner
Q4 1:55 · MIA 134-113 MEM
📊The numbers
| MIA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 13 | Threes made | 15 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 36 | Assists | 31 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
