⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 22- A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21 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.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:25 · CHA 10-2 MIA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21
Q2 0:49 · CHA 57-36 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q4 6:24 · CHA 90-67 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q2 5:18 · CHA 43-36 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 0:54 · CHA 92-82 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
