⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 28-19 off them- A 15-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 28 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 8:17 · MIA 16-8 CHA
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 28
Q3 1:39 · MIA 90-62 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Alonzo Mourning technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 10:17 · MIA 93-66 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
