⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their sixteen- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 18-6 off them
- Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 7:33 · ATL 14-11 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 7:01 · ATL 42-35 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 10:48 · ATL 89-73 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Smith technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:18 · ATL 62-53 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 8:57 · ATL 62-56 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
