⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their twelve- Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fourteen
- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 32
- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 23-7 off them
- A 17-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 21 in the third 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 2 down to 7 up
Q1 9:09 · MIA 16-9 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q2 0:35 · MIA 69-71 BKN
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 21
Q3 7:41 · MIA 75-96 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q4 8:00 · MIA 92-122 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 12 | Threes made | 18 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 22 | Assists | 30 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
