⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 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, 33 free throws to their eleven- Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 27, and outscored them 38-13 off them
- A 19-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 31 in the second quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q2 6:31 · MIA 43-29 NY
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 31
Q2 1:36 · MIA 62-31 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 37
Q3 1:20 · MIA 84-47 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Udonis Haslem and Amare Stoudemire
Q1 4:09 · MIA 14-11 NY
- Missed FT
Mario Chalmers misses technical free throw
Q3 10:34 · MIA 56-31 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 22
Q3 9:00 · MIA 62-40 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 28
Q4 7:58 · MIA 91-63 NY
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Tyson Chandler flagrant foul type 1 (LeBron James draws the foul)
Q2 1:34 · MIA 45-31 NY
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:21 · MIA 56-31 NY
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 16 | Assists | 11 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 38 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 27 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
