⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
+12Q133-23
+2Q219-17
+4Q326-23
-17Q415-32
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 33-21 off them
Key battles
15Steals7
33Points off turnovers21
19Free throws made28
20Offensive rebounds14
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
