⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse 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, 29 free throws to their seventeen- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 9
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 6:22 · MIA 72-60 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 1:47 · MIA 84-66 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Zydrunas Ilgauskas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:18 · MIA 28-31 BKN
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q3 0:32 · MIA 80-66 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 4:11 · MIA 99-87 BKN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Terrence Williams flagrant foul type 1 (LeBron James draws the foul)
Q3 0:32 · MIA 80-66 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
