⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their seven- A 13-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 30 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 8:24 · NY 17-10 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q2 10:41 · NY 45-28 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 30
Q4 9:28 · NY 116-86 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q2 4:32 · NY 56-44 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 18 | Threes made | 7 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 5 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 12 | Steals | 13 |
| 23 | Blocks | 19 |
