⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 25- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 25, and outscored them 31-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Alan Henderson Technical Foul
Q2 3:59 · ATL 40-47 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 7:00 · ATL 38-47 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 1:36 · ATL 42-58 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Alonzo Mourning Technical Foul
Q4 5:01 · ATL 65-99 MIA
📊The numbers
| ATL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 25 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 18 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
