⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q4 4:45 · NY 101-96 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jalen Brunson out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 3:30 · NY 99-96 MIA
- Turnover
Julius Randle inbound turnover
Q4 0:24 · NY 108-102 MIA
- Missed FT
Josh Hart misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:04 · NY 110-105 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 3:06 · NY 99-96 MIA
📊The numbers
| NY | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 16 | Threes made | 17 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 1 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
