⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 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, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of twenty from three- Burned in transition, 8 fast break points to 20
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Nenad Krstic double technical foul
Q2 0:17 · BKN 46-52 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 4:03 · BKN 18-23 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 1:31 · BKN 90-100 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:54 · BKN 87-92 MIA
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:54 · BKN 87-92 MIA
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 1 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
