⏱️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
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to eight
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
- Go-ahead
Goran Dragic hit a 26-foot three jumper, Kelly Olynyk with the assist
Q4 2:41 · MIA 91-90 NY
- Go-ahead
Goran Dragic hit a three jumper
OT 4:09 · MIA 100-99 NY
- Go-ahead
Wayne Ellington hit a 26-foot three jumper, Kelly Olynyk with the assist
OT 2:22 · MIA 103-101 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kelly Olynyk bad pass
OT 1:42 · MIA 103-101 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q3 1:26 · MIA 75-80 NY
- Ties it
Doug McDermott hit a 24-foot three jumper, Kristaps Porzingis with the assist
Q4 0:01 · MIA 97-97 NY
- Lead
Michael Beasley hit a 4-foot jumper
OT 4:33 · MIA 97-99 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Kristaps Porzingis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:27 · MIA 38-38 NY
- Turnover
Jarrett Jack bad pass
OT 0:29 · MIA 103-103 NY
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 5 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 14 | Steals | 19 |
| 19 | Blocks | 26 |
