⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first 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
Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 27- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their eleven
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q1 4:13 · CHA 22-14 MIA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q2 11:03 · CHA 38-21 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 6:45 · CHA 10-14 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 17 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
