⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 23 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
▼ NY better than we expected
The second 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 Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their eighteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Alonzo Mourning Technical Foul. His 2nd Technical Foul.
Q1 5:41 · MIA 18-14 NY
- Technical
Antoine Walker Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 11:21 · MIA 89-62 NY
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Quentin Richardson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 6:15 · MIA 16-13 NY
- Missed FT
Channing Frye missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 5:41 · MIA 18-14 NY
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 13 | Blocks | 2 |
