⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 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 thirteen threes to their three- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their thirteen
- Burned in transition, 0 fast break points to 14
- Gave up second chances, 23 offensive rebounds to their eleven
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
- Steal
Reggie Williams stole it from Rashard Lewis
Q4 2:03 · CHA 72-80 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Henderson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 3:48 · CHA 51-62 MIA
- Missed FT
Reggie Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:32 · CHA 74-82 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 10:41 · CHA 25-34 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 10:10 · CHA 47-59 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Jones misses technical free throw
Q3 3:48 · CHA 51-62 MIA
- Turnover
Rashard Lewis out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 2:40 · CHA 72-80 MIA
- Turnover
Rashard Lewis bad pass
Q4 2:03 · CHA 72-80 MIA
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 13 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 13 | Assists | 26 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
