⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 4
- A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 24
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 2:23 · BKN 47-47 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16
Q3 6:39 · BKN 57-73 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 8:29 · BKN 75-98 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
