⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
+23Q141-19
-3Q219-21
-3Q324-27
+3Q427-22
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- A 16-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 21 in the first quarter
Key battles
0Blocks4
55%Three-point accuracy31%
11Threes made5
23Points off turnovers15
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 21
Q1 8:15 · MIA 25-4 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
