⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 37 from three- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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 from level to 9 points up
Q1 10:37 · MIA 9-0 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q2 3:58 · MIA 56-36 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q3 10:25 · MIA 70-48 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Max Strus technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:40 · MIA 38-26 NY
- Technical
Bam Adebayo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:06 · MIA 72-50 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q1 0:21 · MIA 30-21 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 16 | Threes made | 15 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 30 | Assists | 24 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
