⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 17-5 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 1:30 · MIA 86-75 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 8:08 · MIA 94-77 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:11 · MIA 30-30 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 14 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 1 |
