⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their nine
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 1 down to 7 up
Q1 10:45 · MIA 8-1 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 1:47 · MIA 79-56 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q3 6:37 · MIA 61-46 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jason Collins Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 6:37 · MIA 61-46 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 16 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
