⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
+12Q134-22
+2Q224-21
-4Q325-30
+2Q426-26
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 38 from three
A 12-0 run dragged them back level in the fourth quarter
Key battles
5Steals11
9Fast break points14
21Points off turnovers14
4Blocks2
🏀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
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 4:32 · MIA 92-90 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 7:40 · MIA 92-92 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jalen Brunson out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 2:10 · MIA 100-94 NY
📊The numbers
| MIA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 17 | Threes made | 12 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
