⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:30 · MIA 10-2 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade bad pass
Q4 3:29 · MIA 79-77 NY
- Turnover
Udonis Haslem bad pass
Q4 0:00 · MIA 84-87 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 3:05 · MIA 67-65 NY
- Winner
Nate Robinson hit a 16-foot two point shot, Jamal Crawford with the assist
Q4 2:18 · MIA 79-81 NY
- Steal
Jared Jeffries stole it from Udonis Haslem
Q4 0:00 · MIA 84-87 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zach Randolph bad pass
Q4 3:47 · MIA 79-77 NY
- Missed FT
Jared Jeffries misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:00 · MIA 84-88 NY
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
