⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 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 eighteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 38 from three
- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 41
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 26-6 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 8:58 · MIA 15-6 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 7:12 · MIA 23-8 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 24
Q3 1:40 · MIA 98-74 NY
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Mitchell Robinson flagrant foul type 1
Q4 5:45 · MIA 116-96 NY
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 34 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
