⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their twenty
A 15-0 run took them from 7 down to 8 up in the third 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 10:14 · BKN 36-34 MIA
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 7 down to 8 up
Q3 9:45 · BKN 64-56 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Jefferson misses technical free throw
Q1 7:35 · BKN 7-7 MIA
- Turnover
Vince Carter lost ball
Q4 4:09 · BKN 81-83 MIA
- Turnover
Vince Carter bad pass
Q4 2:31 · BKN 83-89 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 0:05 · BKN 27-34 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 0:50 · BKN 72-76 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q4 4:22 · BKN 81-89 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Antoine Walker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:35 · BKN 7-7 MIA
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 34 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
