⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter and never got it back. 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, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Went cold from three, four of eighteen
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 8 down to 3 up
Q2 5:11 · MIA 35-32 BKN
- Ties it
Quentin Richardson hit a 25-foot threeer
Q4 0:25 · MIA 78-78 BKN
- Winner
Dwyane Wade hit a 25-foot three jumper
Q4 0:00 · MIA 81-80 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 0:08 · MIA 17-23 BKN
- Lead
Rafer Alston hit a 25-foot three jumper, Chris Douglas-Roberts with the assist
Q4 1:45 · MIA 73-76 BKN
- Lead
Brook Lopez hit a tip shot
Q4 0:04 · MIA 78-80 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Trenton Hassell bad pass
Q4 0:00 · MIA 81-80 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 11 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
