⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 8:37 · CHA 17-9 MIA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Stephen Jackson flagrant foul type 1 (Dwyane Wade draws the foul)
Q2 9:26 · CHA 33-34 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q2 9:26 · CHA 33-34 MIA
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
