⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 16-6 off them- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 4
- A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up
Q2 11:33 · NO 46-34 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 5:31 · NO 55-40 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 15
Q3 1:39 · NO 87-72 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
