⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 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, 34 free throws to their twenty- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Malik Rose technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 1:53 · NY 20-26 MIA
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses technical free throw
Q1 0:58 · NY 20-27 MIA
- Technical
Steve Francis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:39 · NY 27-38 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 8:56 · NY 27-39 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 9:03 · NY 51-59 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 9 |
