⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
They went cold, eleven of 49 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q2 6:32 · BKN 47-44 MIA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Terance Mann flagrant foul type 1
Q4 2:27 · BKN 87-95 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 8:42 · BKN 10-21 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kel'el Ware misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:04 · BKN 95-103 MIA
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
