⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first 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
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q4 5:28 · MIA 106-87 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eddie Jones misses technical free throw
Q2 7:39 · MIA 43-28 CHA
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:07 · MIA 87-72 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:35 · MIA 100-87 CHA
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 62% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
