⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q1 0:00 · MIA 27-31 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 4:58 · MIA 49-47 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 2:56 · MIA 17-24 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 0:02 · MIA 51-59 NY
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q3 7:37 · MIA 57-76 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 13 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
