⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q3 9:51 · NY 51-61 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephon Marbury technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:24 · NY 37-52 MIA
- Technical
Quentin Richardson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:09 · NY 57-68 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 3:59 · NY 15-24 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 5:07 · NY 57-76 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 11:15 · NY 66-89 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:01 · NY 72-94 MIA
📊The numbers
| NY | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 13 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
