⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 28- Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 36
- Kept giving it away, 27 turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 36-7 off them
- Burned in transition, 12 fast break points to 25
A 17-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 7 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q1 0:26 · MIA 35-32 CHA
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 7
Q4 3:23 · MIA 104-97 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 36 |
| 27 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 20 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
