⏱️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
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 3:47 · NY 24-12 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q1 0:04 · NY 32-14 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Kurt Thomas Technical Foul
Q3 6:24 · NY 69-37 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 24
Q3 4:03 · NY 75-51 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eddie Jones missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 6:24 · NY 69-37 MIA
📊The numbers
| NY | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 24 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
