⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 6
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 8 down to 2 up
Q1 2:00 · CHA 19-17 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 1:15 · CHA 48-39 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 9:12 · CHA 4-11 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
