⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bam Adebayo misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:27 · MIA 101-95 NY
- Missed FT
Jimmy Butler misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:29 · MIA 108-101 NY
- Turnover
8 second turnover
Q4 0:11 · MIA 109-101 NY
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Julius Randle turnover
Q4 3:08 · MIA 102-95 NY
- Turnover
Mitchell Robinson out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:11 · MIA 106-99 NY
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 13 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
