⏱️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
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, twelve turnovers to their six
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 6:39 · BKN 21-12 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 3
Q3 4:26 · BKN 73-76 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bojan Bogdanovic lost ball turnover
Q4 4:22 · BKN 87-95 MIA
- Missed FT
Brook Lopez misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:47 · BKN 90-97 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 5:37 · BKN 87-97 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 2:53 · BKN 90-97 MIA
- Missed FT
Goran Dragic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:05 · BKN 98-103 MIA
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
