⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 26- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their ten
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q3 10:34 · BKN 45-61 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:07 · BKN 0-10 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 5:13 · BKN 12-25 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q3 1:43 · BKN 59-74 MIA
- Technical
Mario Chalmers technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:16 · BKN 73-89 MIA
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 27 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 34 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
