⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 27
- A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their six, and were outscored 14-6 off them
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
- Technical
Damien Wilkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:05 · ATL 30-43 MIA
- Missed FT
Kirk Hinrich misses technical free throw
Q2 2:11 · ATL 32-44 MIA
- Flagrant
Zaza Pachulia flagrant foul type 1 (LeBron James draws the foul)
Q3 1:08 · ATL 53-80 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 4:45 · ATL 15-19 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24
Q3 9:33 · ATL 41-65 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 31
Q3 6:05 · ATL 42-73 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q3 1:08 · ATL 53-81 MIA
📊The numbers
| ATL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 3 | Threes made | 11 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 28 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 2 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
