⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 3 down to 5 up
Q4 6:09 · MIA 16-11 NO
- Lead
Michael Doleac made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Keyon Dooling.
Q4 1:35 · MIA 20-18 NO
Bad plays
- Turnover
Keyon Dooling Turnover
Q4 0:27 · MIA 23-20 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q4 10:29 · MIA 8-11 NO
- Ties it
Casey Jacobsen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:35 · MIA 18-18 NO
- Ties it
Maciej Lampe made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Casey Jacobsen.
Q4 1:23 · MIA 20-20 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
