⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
+10Q124-15
-4Q224-29
-12Q317-32
-1Q425-30
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 31
Key battles
2Blocks9
6Turnovers11
7Threes made4
7Steals4
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 10:37 · BKN 11-4 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
