⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
A 17-0 run took them from 1 down to 16 up in the second quarter
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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 1 down to 16 up
Q2 10:22 · BKN 37-21 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 2:47 · BKN 76-61 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Kerry Kittles Technical Foul
Q1 7:11 · BKN 8-9 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q3 8:36 · BKN 58-55 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
