⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their sixteen- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
David Wesley missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:36 · NO 94-88 MIA
- Missed FT
David Wesley missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:36 · NO 94-88 MIA
- Missed FT
P.J. Brown missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:17 · NO 94-88 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q3 2:50 · NO 64-69 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rod Strickland Lost Ball. Stolen by Baron Davis.
Q4 3:40 · NO 84-80 MIA
- Turnover
Brian Grant Bad Pass
Q4 0:17 · NO 95-88 MIA
📊The numbers
| NO | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 70% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
