⏱️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
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 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, 53 rebounds to 38- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 20-8 off them
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up in the fourth quarter
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 took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 8:57 · MIA 14-8 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 9:36 · MIA 42-35 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 3:20 · MIA 109-107 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bam Adebayo lost ball turnover
Q4 4:39 · MIA 99-100 BKN
- Goaltend
Bam Adebayo defensive goaltending violation
Q4 4:04 · MIA 99-105 BKN
- Missed FT
Bam Adebayo misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 3:52 · MIA 101-105 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 0:24 · MIA 64-68 BKN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q4 6:34 · MIA 99-105 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 16 | Threes made | 17 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 26 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
