⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 8 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
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their thirteen- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 37 from three
- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 31
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 22-14 off them
A 15-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 1 in the third 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 9:16 · BKN 104-95 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
James Harden out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 4:16 · BKN 111-107 MIA
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:24 · BKN 123-117 MIA
- Missed FT
Kyrie Irving misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:07 · BKN 126-123 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q2 0:13 · BKN 66-60 MIA
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 1
Q3 0:00 · BKN 96-95 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andre Iguodala out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 2:55 · BKN 111-110 MIA
- Turnover
Andre Iguodala out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:21 · BKN 116-112 MIA
- Missed FT
Bam Adebayo misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:03 · BKN 126-123 MIA
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 19 | Threes made | 13 |
| 51% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 34 | Assists | 29 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 0 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
