⏱️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, 2 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 8:37 · MIA 11-6 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses technical free throw
Q3 5:09 · MIA 67-58 NY
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 15 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
