⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
-4Q118-18
-4Q219-21
+1Q315-14
-3Q421-23
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their twelve
Key battles
8%Three-point accuracy27%
8Free throws made23
7Blocks2
1Threes made3
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 8:16 · MIA 12-5 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Technical Foul
Q1 1:57 · MIA 12-6 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 1 | Threes made | 3 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
