⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
-15Q115-29
+8Q226-17
-14Q315-28
-6Q421-26
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two
Key battles
9Points off turnovers25
2Threes made8
25%Three-point accuracy50%
1Fast break points4
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q4 8:42 · BKN 60-86 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
