⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 12 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17 in the second quarter
A 14-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 7 in the second 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 7
Q2 3:26 · MIA 37-44 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q2 11:17 · MIA 19-36 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 11 | Assists | 15 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
