⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 20-11 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 0:47 · MIA 37-28 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 8:45 · MIA 49-39 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 10:11 · MIA 101-80 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Bam Adebayo technical foul
Q3 9:33 · MIA 76-58 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Noah Clowney and Tyler Herro
Q2 3:58 · MIA 57-47 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 13 | Threes made | 6 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
