⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their twenty- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their ten
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 3:20 · NY 77-79 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 6:37 · NY 21-34 MIA
- Turnover
Amar'e Stoudemire lost ball turnover
Q4 3:47 · NY 69-77 MIA
- Turnover
Tim Hardaway Jr. out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:22 · NY 77-82 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 10:00 · NY 19-31 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade bad pass
Q4 2:10 · NY 73-79 MIA
- Missed FT
Josh McRoberts misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:20 · NY 77-82 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · NY 79-85 MIA
📊The numbers
| NY | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 14 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
