⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 45 free throws to their fourteen
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 2-point lead to 11
Q1 8:22 · MIA 15-4 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 0:02 · MIA 61-52 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q4 8:03 · MIA 98-77 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 3:20 · MIA 102-89 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
