⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their twelve
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q2 1:02 · MIA 51-34 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q4 7:54 · MIA 79-55 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Udonis Haslem Technical Foul
Q2 9:00 · MIA 30-23 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Shammond Williams Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q4 2:03 · MIA 87-61 NO
📊The numbers
| MIA | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 24% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 19 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
