⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better 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, 30 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 27-19 off them
- Burned in transition, 10 fast break points to 28
A 16-0 run dragged them back level in the first quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 6:50 · MIA 17-8 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 4:48 · MIA 51-40 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q4 10:48 · MIA 89-67 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 3:38 · MIA 28-28 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 5:45 · MIA 92-78 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Ivan Johnson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 4:07 · MIA 44-40 ATL
📊The numbers
| MIA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 19 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
