⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 3:02 · MIA 38-45 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Eddie Jones Technical Foul
Q1 6:41 · MIA 5-15 NY
- Technical
Bimbo Coles Double Technical Foul. Howard Eisley gains possession.
Q4 6:26 · MIA 68-93 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 5:33 · MIA 57-74 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q3 2:27 · MIA 59-83 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
