⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 4
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:15 · MIA 12-6 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 3:00 · MIA 50-39 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 6:31 · MIA 74-57 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q4 11:32 · MIA 92-76 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
