⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their sixteen
A 14-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 4 in the fourth quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 5:58 · ATL 67-50 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 4
Q4 11:42 · ATL 71-67 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade Lost Ball. Stolen by Shareef Abdur-Rahim.
Q4 4:52 · ATL 74-73 MIA
- Turnover
Lamar Odom Lost Ball. Stolen by Stephen Jackson.
Q4 3:40 · ATL 76-73 MIA
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 3:05 · ATL 78-73 MIA
📊The numbers
| ATL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
