⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their twenty- Made five threes to their eleven
- They shot well above their usual, eleven of nineteen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q2 7:01 · ATL 45-40 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q3 4:30 · ATL 76-79 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Antoine Walker Bad Pass
Q4 4:41 · ATL 94-102 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 10:55 · ATL 30-35 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q3 7:33 · ATL 61-77 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade Discontinue Dribble
Q4 4:52 · ATL 94-102 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:07 · ATL 94-102 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:47 · ATL 94-106 MIA
📊The numbers
| ATL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
