⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
-8Q117-24
+6Q232-29
-9Q319-29
+6Q429-24
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 28 from three- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 29-11 off them
Key battles
11Points off turnovers29
20Fast break points12
35Rebounds51
15Turnovers22
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 10:57 · BKN 25-27 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 2:34 · BKN 65-80 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 14 | Threes made | 13 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
