⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their sixteen- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 20-11 off them
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their five
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 cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 4:37 · MIA 69-74 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Travis Best missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:28 · MIA 83-89 NY
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Charlie Ward Bad Pass
Q4 2:12 · MIA 86-91 NY
- Turnover
Latrell Sprewell Offensive Foul
Q4 1:37 · MIA 88-91 NY
- Turnover
Latrell Sprewell Foul
Q4 1:37 · MIA 88-91 NY
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 17 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 6 | Steals | 2 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
