⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better 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 28 from three- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 20-9 off them
- Lost the glass, 29 rebounds to 42
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 took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 8:33 · MIA 15-12 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 5:10 · MIA 114-102 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jimmy Butler steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 0:55 · MIA 123-115 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 6:12 · MIA 20-22 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Julius Randle technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:19 · MIA 87-77 NY
- Missed FT
Jalen Brunson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:22 · MIA 125-118 NY
- Missed FT
Jalen Brunson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:22 · MIA 125-118 NY
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 16 | Threes made | 16 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 29 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
