⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 13-point lead to 21
Q3 7:53 · MIA 73-52 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Cody Zeller and Isaiah Hartenstein
Q3 0:14 · MIA 87-70 NY
- Technical
Caleb Martin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:14 · MIA 87-70 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 7:26 · MIA 95-81 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
RJ Barrett technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 10:16 · MIA 36-23 NY
- Technical
Josh Hart technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:29 · MIA 68-52 NY
- Missed FT
Julius Randle misses technical free throw
Q3 0:14 · MIA 87-70 NY
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 15 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
