⏱️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
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third 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 Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen- A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the second 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q2 3:58 · MIA 60-52 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 3:17 · MIA 86-73 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 10:52 · MIA 104-87 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Caleb Martin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:09 · MIA 109-93 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dennis Smith Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:52 · MIA 89-79 BKN
- Technical
Nic Claxton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:55 · MIA 101-87 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 15 | Threes made | 14 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 29 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
