⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BKN 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 Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 41- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 26-7 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 9:56 · MIA 40-34 BKN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 9:23 · MIA 80-61 BKN
- Steal
Kyle Lowry stole it from Cam Thomas
Q4 0:03 · MIA 113-111 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jimmy Butler bad pass
Q4 1:04 · MIA 110-106 BKN
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry bad pass
Q4 0:42 · MIA 110-106 BKN
- Missed FT
Jimmy Butler misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:14 · MIA 113-111 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 11:20 · MIA 92-84 BKN
- Steal
Kessler Edwards stole it from Jimmy Butler
Q4 1:04 · MIA 110-106 BKN
- Steal
Day'Ron Sharpe stole it from Kyle Lowry
Q4 0:42 · MIA 110-106 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cam Thomas bad pass
Q4 0:03 · MIA 113-111 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
