⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 0:04 · BKN 37-22 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q4 10:42 · BKN 85-79 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nenad Krstic bad pass
Q4 3:54 · BKN 88-88 MIA
- Turnover
Vince Carter bad pass
Q4 3:15 · BKN 90-94 MIA
- Missed FT
Nenad Krstic misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:34 · BKN 94-98 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
James Posey non-unsportsmanlike technical (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:34 · BKN 56-51 MIA
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
