⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 2:25 · CHA 25-21 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 8:10 · CHA 58-58 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gerald Wallace misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q1 7:16 · CHA 8-12 MIA
- Technical
Brevin Knight technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:49 · CHA 41-41 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Udonis Haslem flagrant foul type 1 (Gerald Wallace draws the foul)
Q1 7:16 · CHA 8-12 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:07 · CHA 91-99 MIA
- Turnover
Jason Kapono bad pass
Q4 0:35 · CHA 93-100 MIA
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 0 | Blocks | 3 |
