⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 34
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 9:45 · MIA 8-2 ATL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 30
Q3 11:33 · MIA 67-37 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
