⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 2 in the fourth quarter
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 2
Q4 11:38 · MIA 72-74 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q4 6:26 · MIA 80-77 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brian Grant 3 second
Q4 0:25 · MIA 86-86 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 2:46 · MIA 20-32 NY
- Ties it
Mark Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:47 · MIA 86-86 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 71% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
