(2) Miami Heat Vs. (6) Brooklyn Nets

 (2)Miami Heat Vs. (6)Brooklyn Nets

 7:00PM

Miami,FL

 American Airlines Arena

Coverage on ESPN 2             

 Game 2 of the

 Eastern Conference Semi-Finals

Miami Heat Starting Lineup:

PG:Mario Chalmers

SG:Dwyane Wade

SF:LeBron James

PF:Shane Battier

C:Chris Bosh

Heat Inactive List:

Greg Oden and Justin Hamilton

Brooklyn Nets Starting Lineup:

PG:Deron Williams

SG:Shaun Livingston

SF:Joe Johnson

PF:Paul Pierce

C:Kevin Garnett

Nets Inactive List:

Brook Lopez and Marquis Teague

The Miami Heat come into tonight's game up 1-0 in the best of seven Eastern Conference Semi-Final series versus the sixth seed Brooklyn Nets. Miami is fresh off an impressive 107-86 victory in Game 1 against the Nets on Tuesday. Throughout the game the Heat displayed a much higher level of energy than the Brooklyn Nets, who were only two days removed from a Game 7 victory against the Toronto Raptors that lead them to advance to the current second round series with the Heat. The Heat were attacking the rim from the opening tip to the final buzzer. Miami completely dominated the paint, as they outscored the Nets by 58-28 in the painted area. The defense of Brooklyn resulted in only four fast break points for the Heat, which occurred due to tight half court defense of Brooklyn.
Despite the very few points allowed in transition by the Nets, the Heat overcame the half court style defense with great ball movement. Miami recored 22 assists in the game, while the Nets only recored 11 assists in the game. The ability to move the ball and score inside with ease resulted in the Heat shooting 56.8% from the field, which is the best field goal % the Heat have posted in over two months.
Miami's defense was also very good against the Nets on Tuesday, as they were able to force the Nets to play a lot of one-on-one basketball. The Heat were very good at rotating on defense, as they did not give the shooters of the Nets a lot of open looks. Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce were completely non factors in Game 1, as Pierce scored only eight points on 3-8 shooting while Garnett went scoreless(the first time he went scoreless in playoff career). The Nets are surely going to come out with more energy in Game 2, to give themselves the chance to steal a game and even the series 1-1 before heading to Brooklyn for Games 3 and 4. Miami needs to make sure they match the energy of the Nets, as they are going to have to continue to grind out throughout the game in hopes of earning another victory.

Miami Heat
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Shane Battier, SF	26	3-5	2-4	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	+12	8
LeBron James, SF	36	10-15	0-0	2-2	1	4	5	3	0	0	1	2	+10	22
Chris Bosh, C	31	5-11	1-4	4-5	1	10	11	3	0	0	0	1	+11	15
Mario Chalmers, PG	28	5-9	0-2	2-2	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	+8	12
Dwyane Wade, SG	33	7-13	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	5	2	0	3	2	+22	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Udonis Haslem, PF	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	+3	2
Chris Andersen, PF	16	2-3	0-0	3-4	1	3	4	0	0	4	0	1	+7	7
Rashard Lewis, PF	12	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	+2	0
James Jones, SF	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	+3	0
Michael Beasley, SF	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	+3	2
Toney Douglas, PG	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+3	0
Norris Cole, PG	22	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	+11	6
Ray Allen, SG	26	6-10	4-7	3-3	1	3	4	3	0	0	2	2	+10	19
TOTALS		FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF		PTS
		42-74	9-23	14-16	4	33	37	22	4	4	10	17		107
		56.8%	39.1%	87.5%
Fast break points:   4 Points in the paint:   52 Total Team Turnovers (Points off turnovers):   10 (15) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court.

Brooklyn Nets
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Paul Pierce, SF	29	3-8	2-4	0-0	0	6	6	0	0	0	1	2	-11	8
Kevin Garnett, C	16	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	0	1	0	1	2	-5	0
Deron Williams, PG	30	7-10	3-5	0-0	0	3	3	3	1	0	3	0	-6	17
Shaun Livingston, PG	33	4-9	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	-23	9
Joe Johnson, SG	32	7-11	3-6	0-0	0	4	4	2	0	0	1	2	-19	17
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Mirza Teletovic, PF	19	2-5	1-3	0-2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	-10	5
Mason Plumlee, PF	14	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	3	-8	2
Alan Anderson, SF	19	2-7	0-3	2-3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	-8	6
Andrei Kirilenko, SF	13	1-2	0-0	3-4	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	3	+2	5
Andray Blatche, C	12	1-4	0-0	2-2	3	1	4	1	0	0	1	1	-4	4
Jorge Gutierrez, PG	2	0-0	0-0	2-4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Marcus Thornton, SG	21	5-9	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	-11	11
Jason Collins, C	DNP COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS		FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF		PTS
		33-70	10-24	10-17	6	26	32	11	5	1	11	18		86
		47.1%	41.7%	58.8%
Fast break points:   7 Points in the paint:   28 Total Team Turnovers (Points off turnovers):   13 (11) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court.

 Flagrant Fouls: None
 Technical Fouls: PLAYERS: None - TEAMS: BROOKLYN (1) - COACHES: None
 Officials: Sean Wright, Ron Garretson, Mike Callahan
 Attendance: 19,470
 Time of Game: 2:16

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