⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, ten offensive rebounds to two
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 2:00 · MIA 56-35 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:09 · MIA 95-87 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q3 10:41 · MIA 58-51 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q4 8:04 · MIA 80-82 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tyrus Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:47 · MIA 82-83 CHA
- Turnover
Boris Diaw bad pass
Q4 3:11 · MIA 84-83 CHA
- Turnover
Gerald Wallace turnover
Q4 1:04 · MIA 90-85 CHA
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 14 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
