⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 25
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q2 11:37 · ATL 27-31 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q4 8:27 · ATL 71-81 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Beasley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:01 · ATL 40-39 MIA
📊The numbers
| ATL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
