⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their twelve- Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 4
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 5:14 · CLE 15-16 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q3 5:54 · CLE 70-75 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 1:13 · CLE 83-83 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:34 · CLE 0-8 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q2 9:24 · CLE 25-45 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 12 | Threes made | 18 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 31 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
