⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
+4Q124-19
+6Q226-20
-4Q324-23
-8Q428-32
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 32- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 2
Key battles
16Fast break points2
15%Three-point accuracy38%
15Offensive rebounds8
25Assists15
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Nazr Mohammed Technical Foul. Mohammed's 1st Technical Foul.
Q1 8:34 · MIA 4-8 NY
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
