⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 24-9 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
Q2 6:28 · MIA 31-22 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Alonzo Mourning missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q1 8:52 · MIA 4-5 ATL
- Missed FT
Alonzo Mourning missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q1 8:52 · MIA 4-5 ATL
- Technical
Alonzo Mourning Double Technical Foul. Nazr Mohammed gains possession.
Q3 9:22 · MIA 45-36 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Nazr Mohammed Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q1 8:52 · MIA 4-5 ATL
📊The numbers
| MIA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
