⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 26-18 off them
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 2:06 · MIA 40-38 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 4:28 · MIA 84-85 BKN
- Ties it
Daequan Cook hit a driving layup
Q4 2:03 · MIA 86-86 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Daequan Cook offensive foul (Keyon Dooling draws the foul)
Q4 2:47 · MIA 84-86 BKN
- Turnover
Daequan Cook turnover
Q4 2:47 · MIA 84-86 BKN
- Missed FT
Udonis Haslem misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:41 · MIA 90-88 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 6:05 · MIA 12-16 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 10:51 · MIA 42-48 BKN
- Lead
Yi Jianlian hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:44 · MIA 86-87 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Josh Boone misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:02 · MIA 84-85 BKN
- Turnover
Vince Carter bad pass
Q4 0:51 · MIA 90-88 BKN
- Turnover
Vince Carter traveling
Q4 0:06 · MIA 95-92 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 13 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 19 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
