⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 32- Kept giving it away, 25 turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 28-20 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q1 0:38 · MIA 20-28 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q3 2:14 · MIA 58-77 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Brian Grant Double Technical Foul. Jason Collins gains possession.
Q1 10:53 · MIA 0-5 BKN
- Flagrant
Vladimir Stepania Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q1 1:40 · MIA 10-23 BKN
- Technical
Brian Grant Double Technical Foul. Jason Collins gains possession.
Q3 10:23 · MIA 41-58 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Jefferson missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q1 1:40 · MIA 10-23 BKN
- Missed FT
Richard Jefferson missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q1 1:40 · MIA 10-23 BKN
- Technical
Richard Jefferson Technical Foul
Q3 10:27 · MIA 41-58 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 14 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 14 | Steals | 15 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
