⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seven- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 38
- Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 28
- A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16 in the first quarter
- Made five threes to their eleven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 20
Q4 6:16 · ATL 77-97 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 1:07 · ATL 87-105 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kirk Hinrich misses technical free throw
Q2 9:08 · ATL 22-36 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 7:56 · ATL 13-16 MIA
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16
Q1 3:43 · ATL 18-34 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 7:11 · ATL 29-44 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
