⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hawks 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.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:51 · ATL 88-92 MIA
- Turnover
Jeff Teague out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:28 · ATL 90-96 MIA
- Turnover
Josh Powell turnover
Q4 1:05 · ATL 90-96 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 2:40 · ATL 17-26 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Zydrunas Ilgauskas technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 3:28 · ATL 87-88 MIA
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:40 · ATL 90-95 MIA
📊The numbers
| ATL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
