⏱️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
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 26-5 off them
- Owned the paint, 42 points inside to 14
- Made two threes to their 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 1:58 · MIA 24-22 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 9:02 · MIA 34-31 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 4:47 · MIA 16-22 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Toney Douglas bad pass
Q4 4:47 · MIA 86-79 NY
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 2 | Threes made | 18 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 14 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
