⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 30
A 14-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 2 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 9:44 · BKN 69-58 MIA
Bad plays
- Goaltend
Clifford Robinson defensive goaltending
Q4 2:30 · BKN 96-88 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 2
Q2 4:05 · BKN 52-50 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q3 2:13 · BKN 77-73 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:30 · BKN 96-88 MIA
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 31 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
