Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals (2) Miami Heat: (6-1) @ (6) Brooklyn Nets:(5-5)

Photo Credit: Nathaniel S. Butler

(2) Miami Heat @ (6) Brooklyn Nets

8:00PM

Brooklyn, NY

Barclays Center

Game 4 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 4 with a 2-1 lead into this Eastern Conference Semi-Finals  series between the Brooklyn Nets. Miami looks to regroup tonight, as they are fresh off a disappointing fourteen point loss by a score of 104-90 on Saturday night. It was a game that was competitive throughout the opening half, as the Heat found themselves only down two points 51-49 heading into halftime.

In the second half the momentum continued to stay with the Nets, as their defense lead the Heat ball movement on offense to cease. Miami only had 13 assists in total in the game, leading them to settle for a lot of jumpers throughout the contest. Another reason for the lackluster second half the Heat played, had to due to the fact that the Nets got into a great shooting rhythm throughout the last 24 minutes of the game. Brooklyn knocked down nine three pointers in the second half, which included four threes by Mirza Teletovic. In total the Nets made a total of fifteen threes in the entire game. 

Tonight the Heat have to focus more on rotating on defense and closing out to Brooklyn's perimeter shooters. Miami also has to get back to moving the ball well on offense, which will result into more open looks from the perimeter; thus providing more space for Wade, Bosh, and James to attack the paint. Lastly, James Jones may get some minutes in tonights game to help space the floor and provide a scoring lift off the Heat bench.

Game 3 Boxscore

Miami Heat
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Shane Battier, SF	20	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	-11	2
LeBron James, SF	40	8-15	3-7	9-10	0	8	8	5	1	1	2	2	-14	28
Chris Bosh, C	37	5-11	0-2	2-3	3	2	5	0	1	3	0	2	-5	12
Mario Chalmers, PG	26	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	1	-18	3
Dwyane Wade, SG	36	9-18	0-2	2-4	0	2	2	3	3	0	2	4	-10	20
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Udonis Haslem, PF	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
Chris Andersen, PF	15	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	4	4	0	0	2	2	3	-13	2
Rashard Lewis, PF	11	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	-5	2
James Jones, SF	9	3-3	3-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	+4	9
Michael Beasley, SF	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
Toney Douglas, PG	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
Norris Cole, PG	17	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	+3	3
Ray Allen, SG	28	2-6	0-1	5-6	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	-7	9
TOTALS		FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF		PTS
		31-68	8-24	20-25	5	22	27	13	8	6	10	20		90
		45.6%	33.3%	80.0%
Fast break points:   10 Points in the paint:   26 Total Team Turnovers (Points off turnovers):   10 (8)

Brooklyn Nets
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Paul Pierce, SF	29	5-10	2-3	2-3	0	4	4	1	2	0	3	5	+8	14
Kevin Garnett, C	23	5-6	0-0	0-0	1	6	7	1	0	0	1	2	-1	10
Deron Williams, PG	40	3-11	1-2	2-2	1	2	3	11	1	0	2	2	+18	9
Shaun Livingston, PG	30	5-9	1-1	1-2	0	4	4	5	1	0	0	2	+5	12
Joe Johnson, SG	34	7-10	5-7	0-0	1	2	3	6	0	0	2	1	+17	19
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Mirza Teletovic, PF	19	4-7	4-7	0-0	1	5	6	0	1	0	3	4	+6	12
Mason Plumlee, PF	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-6	0
Alan Anderson, SF	18	3-6	2-4	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	3	+4	8
Andrei Kirilenko, SF	19	1-1	0-0	1-2	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	+10	3
Andray Blatche, C	20	5-10	0-0	5-6	4	6	10	0	0	0	1	3	+15	15
Jorge Gutierrez, PG	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Marcus Thornton, SG	6	0-2	0-1	2-2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	-4	2
Jason Collins, C	DNP COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS		FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF		PTS
		38-72	15-25	13-17	9	34	43	26	6	1	14	23		104
		52.8%	60.0%	76.5%
Fast break points:   5 Points in the paint:   26 Total Team Turnovers (Points off turnovers):   15 (14) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court.

 Flagrant Fouls: 1 BROOKLYN ( Pierce 1 )
 Technical Fouls: PLAYERS: 1 MIAMI ( Allen 1 ), 1 BROOKLYN ( Anderson 1 ) - TEAMS: None - COACHES: None
 Officials: John Goble, Monty McCutchen, David Jones
 Attendance: 17,732
 Time of Game: 2:30

          Game 3 Highlights

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