⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 7:11 · NO 15-5 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q2 3:47 · NO 41-26 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Baron Davis Technical Foul
Q1 11:21 · NO 0-0 MIA
- Missed FT
David Wesley missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 9:33 · NO 2-1 MIA
- Technical
Jamaal Magloire Double Technical Foul. Brian Grant gains possession.
Q1 5:03 · NO 12-5 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 1:13 · NO 41-35 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
