⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 36
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 2:40 · MIA 58-44 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 26
Q3 0:59 · MIA 92-66 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:33 · MIA 97-71 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 14 | Threes made | 9 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 36 | Assists | 20 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
