⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of 22 from three- Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their nineteen
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 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.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Bosh misses technical free throw
Q3 4:35 · MIA 69-65 NY
- Technical
Hassan Whiteside technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 3:51 · MIA 70-65 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q1 8:02 · MIA 10-19 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 12 | Threes made | 7 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
