⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
+7Q126-21
-2Q224-25
+13Q331-18
-1Q416-15
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to eleven
Key battles
8Steals4
18Offensive rebounds11
14Points off turnovers9
7Turnovers11
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Shareef Abdur-Rahim Technical Foul
Q1 5:52 · MIA 8-13 ATL
📊The numbers
| MIA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
