⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their five- A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their four
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 5 down to 4 up
Q1 3:11 · MIA 23-19 CHA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21
Q3 4:01 · MIA 78-57 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 31
Q4 4:24 · MIA 101-70 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 13 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 28 | Assists | 9 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
