⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their nine- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 32-18 off them
- A 13-0 run took them from 10 down to 3 up in the third quarter
- Made no threes to their eight
- Went cold from three, no of ten
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 10 down to 3 up
Q3 3:44 · MIA 68-65 ATL
- Winner
Dwyane Wade hit a jumper
Q4 1:51 · MIA 81-80 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 7:16 · MIA 51-61 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q4 5:47 · MIA 77-80 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Zaza Pachulia technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:52 · MIA 66-65 ATL
- Missed FT
Zaza Pachulia misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:52 · MIA 83-80 ATL
📊The numbers
| MIA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 0 | Threes made | 8 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 14 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
