⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of sixteen from three- A 21-0 run took them from 3 down to 18 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 10:26 · MIA 32-26 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 1:07 · MIA 63-71 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Udonis Haslem misses technical free throw
Q3 5:35 · MIA 49-60 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 21-0 run
A 21-0 run took them from 3 down to 18 up
Q3 9:41 · MIA 49-67 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 14 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
