⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 47 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 5:47 · MIA 25-11 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 7:35 · MIA 47-32 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q3 0:09 · MIA 98-68 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q1 3:54 · MIA 25-21 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
