⏱️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
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third 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
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their sixteen- Won the second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to nine
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up in the first quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up
Q1 5:54 · BKN 23-16 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenny Atkinson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:41 · BKN 79-80 MIA
- Turnover
Spencer Dinwiddie steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 2:58 · BKN 103-97 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 8:06 · BKN 10-16 MIA
- Winner
Jimmy Butler hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:29 · BKN 106-107 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q4 1:36 · BKN 106-109 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jimmy Butler misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:44 · BKN 106-104 MIA
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 14 | Threes made | 12 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
