⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 9 points behind 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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 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, 27 free throws to their sixteen
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
- Turnover
Shelden Williams 3 second
Q4 2:55 · BKN 93-86 MIA
- Missed FT
Kris Humphries misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:05 · BKN 95-90 MIA
- Turnover
5 sec inbound turnover
Q4 0:13 · BKN 96-99 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 9:15 · BKN 82-82 MIA
- Winner
LeBron James hit a driving layup
Q4 0:51 · BKN 96-97 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q4 1:51 · BKN 96-101 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
LeBron James bad pass
Q4 3:18 · BKN 93-86 MIA
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
