⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 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, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 24-13 off them- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 48
- A 14-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 24 in the fourth quarter
- Made nine threes to their sixteen
- Gave up second chances, 21 offensive rebounds to their twelve
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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 9:36 · MIA 12-5 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 3:44 · MIA 26-20 BKN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 24
Q4 10:15 · MIA 114-90 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 4:52 · MIA 18-20 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 0:06 · MIA 60-64 BKN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 13
Q4 7:41 · MIA 114-101 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 16 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 29 | Assists | 30 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
