⏱️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 second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 24 from three- Lived at the line, 46 free throws to their sixteen
- Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 38
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 18-10 off them
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the second quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:40 · NO 9-0 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
P.J. Brown Bad Pass. Stolen by Eddie Jones.
Q4 2:00 · NO 89-82 MIA
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 1:34 · NO 89-84 MIA
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 0:58 · NO 89-84 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 8:15 · NO 13-11 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q2 9:02 · NO 30-37 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Rafer Alston Technical Foul
Q3 3:36 · NO 63-64 MIA
- Technical
Rafer Alston Technical Foul
Q4 6:50 · NO 82-72 MIA
- Missed FT
Eddie Jones missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:24 · NO 89-82 MIA
📊The numbers
| NO | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 42 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 13 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
