⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 21-8 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 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.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 9:11 · CHA 14-6 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q1 3:16 · CHA 32-19 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q2 8:06 · CHA 44-26 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q3 9:08 · CHA 67-52 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
