⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 21 in the first quarter- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q2 6:02 · BKN 40-52 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 10
Q4 6:57 · BKN 94-104 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 21
Q1 2:17 · BKN 21-42 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 70 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
