⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 36 rebounds to 26- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 5:37 · MIA 16-12 BKN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q2 6:37 · MIA 46-34 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Caron Butler Technical Foul
Q1 3:31 · MIA 18-17 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brian Scalabrine Lost Ball. Stolen by Brian Grant.
Q4 4:35 · MIA 91-85 BKN
- Technical
Kerry Kittles Technical Foul
Q4 0:11 · MIA 103-95 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 0 | Blocks | 1 |
