⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 3
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
A 14-0 run took them from 9 down to 5 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 9 down to 5 up
Q1 3:33 · NY 24-19 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 4:37 · NY 37-27 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 0:39 · NY 40-31 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 10:03 · NY 4-11 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 11:37 · NY 56-66 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 6:31 · NY 62-77 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 11 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 8 | Assists | 11 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
