⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️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.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 6:07 · MIA 72-65 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q4 7:01 · MIA 97-84 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
