⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the third quarter- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 5:16 · MIA 20-18 CHA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q3 7:43 · MIA 75-65 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade bad pass
Q4 2:04 · MIA 97-91 CHA
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade bad pass
Q4 1:02 · MIA 99-93 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 8:52 · MIA 37-35 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 0:43 · MIA 55-61 CHA
- Steal
Kemba Walker stole it from Dwyane Wade
Q4 2:04 · MIA 97-91 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kemba Walker bad pass
Q4 3:04 · MIA 97-91 CHA
- Missed FT
Kemba Walker misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:30 · MIA 101-95 CHA
- Missed FT
Kemba Walker misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:30 · MIA 101-95 CHA
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 20 | Assists | 12 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
