⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Knicks 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 4:07 · MIA 27-20 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 2:29 · MIA 56-46 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q3 9:26 · MIA 75-53 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Udonis Haslem misses technical free throw
Q2 10:18 · MIA 31-27 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 19
Q4 10:40 · MIA 92-73 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
