⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, twelve of 23 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 10:33 · CHA 81-84 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Gerald Henderson and Udonis Haslem
Q2 4:09 · CHA 30-44 MIA
- Turnover
Bismack Biyombo offensive foul (Shane Battier draws the foul)
Q4 4:54 · CHA 85-90 MIA
- Turnover
Bismack Biyombo turnover
Q4 4:54 · CHA 85-90 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:33 · CHA 0-9 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 5:41 · CHA 9-21 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q1 0:27 · CHA 19-34 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
