⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their ten- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 37
- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 4
- A 14-0 run stretched a 6-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.
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 11:37 · MIA 11-0 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Jamaal Magloire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:15 · MIA 57-75 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20
Q3 3:35 · MIA 55-75 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 4 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 10 | Assists | 18 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
