⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the third 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 6:54 · CHA 11-8 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q3 9:18 · CHA 58-38 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 21
Q4 5:39 · CHA 86-65 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 12
Q4 3:16 · CHA 88-76 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
