⏱️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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 29-14 off them- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 7
- A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the third quarter
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 took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 0:51 · BKN 25-22 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenny Atkinson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:22 · BKN 69-63 MIA
- Turnover
Randy Foye bad pass
Q4 2:32 · BKN 93-98 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 3:11 · BKN 50-49 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q3 2:51 · BKN 74-78 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q4 7:24 · BKN 85-94 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
