⏱️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
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their one- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 39
- A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22 in the fourth quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22
Q4 6:03 · MIA 97-75 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Alonzo Mourning Technical Foul. His 2nd Technical Foul.
Q1 7:39 · MIA 12-8 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Hart missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 8:00 · MIA 12-8 CHA
- Missed FT
Keith Bogans missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 6:18 · MIA 17-11 CHA
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 8 | Threes made | 1 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 22 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
