⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:13 · BKN 8-0 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 1:57 · BKN 57-50 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Spencer Dinwiddie out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:58 · BKN 87-95 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 11:15 · BKN 29-33 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 0:39 · BKN 74-81 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 2:40 · BKN 89-101 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kelly Olynyk double dribble turnover
Q4 4:04 · BKN 84-91 MIA
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 3 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 17 | Blocks | 17 |
