⏱️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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 23 from three- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers 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.
Heat
Good plays
- Winner
Chris Bosh hit a 12-foot two point shot
Q4 0:31 · MIA 94-93 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shabazz Napier steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 2:54 · MIA 91-91 CHA
- Missed FT
Mario Chalmers misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:10 · MIA 91-93 CHA
- Turnover
Mario Chalmers lost ball turnover
Q4 0:14 · MIA 94-93 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 1:37 · MIA 23-24 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 3:19 · MIA 69-74 CHA
- Lead
Gary Neal hit a 18-foot jumper
Q4 2:31 · MIA 91-93 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kemba Walker traveling
Q4 0:48 · MIA 92-93 CHA
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 19 | Assists | 18 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
