⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 20-8 off them- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 3
- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 4:56 · MIA 61-68 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 10:06 · MIA 2-14 NO
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q4 9:57 · MIA 67-86 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q4 4:03 · MIA 73-101 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 71 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
