⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 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 glass, 45 rebounds to 30
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 33
Q2 1:40 · MIA 73-40 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Caron Butler Double Technical Foul. Stephen Jackson gains possession.
Q4 6:31 · MIA 113-79 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 77% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
