⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q2 2:40 · NY 61-47 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q3 10:37 · NY 76-53 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:19 · NY 12-18 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Udonis Haslem technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:43 · NY 95-74 MIA
📊The numbers
| NY | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
