⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 29
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 stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 6:46 · MIA 75-56 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 29% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
