⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their 23- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen
- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Derrick Favors double technical foul
Q3 3:46 · BKN 55-73 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:18 · BKN 2-10 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q1 1:00 · BKN 18-37 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q3 4:13 · BKN 55-79 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carlos Arroyo misses technical free throw
Q1 11:26 · BKN 2-0 MIA
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 16 | Assists | 29 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 0 | Blocks | 6 |
