⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
Q4 11:03 · MIA 90-81 BKN
- Go-ahead
Jimmy Butler hit a dunk, Victor Oladipo with the assist
Q4 1:12 · MIA 101-100 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Orlando Robinson lost ball turnover
Q4 2:13 · MIA 97-100 BKN
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry bad pass
Q4 0:51 · MIA 101-100 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- Steal
Yuta Watanabe stole it from Orlando Robinson
Q4 2:13 · MIA 97-100 BKN
- Steal
Yuta Watanabe stole it from Kyle Lowry
Q4 0:51 · MIA 101-100 BKN
- Winner
Royce O'Neale hit a 4-foot two point shot
Q4 0:03 · MIA 101-102 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Royce O'Neale out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:07 · MIA 101-100 BKN
- Turnover
Yuta Watanabe out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:34 · MIA 101-100 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 13 | Threes made | 12 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
