⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their nineteen- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 11:19 · BKN 11-2 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q2 7:28 · BKN 44-26 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q4 3:14 · BKN 97-75 MIA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kenyon Martin Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q2 3:31 · BKN 44-28 MIA
- Missed FT
Jason Kidd missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 2:15 · BKN 90-75 MIA
- Technical
Aaron Williams Double Technical Foul. Alonzo Mourning gains possession.
Q4 2:15 · BKN 90-75 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Alonzo Mourning Technical Foul
Q4 2:15 · BKN 90-75 MIA
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
