⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 30- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 30
- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q1 10:10 · BKN 4-17 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q2 11:08 · BKN 20-41 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
