⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
They went cold, eight of 33 from three- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 37
- A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 2:28 · ATL 86-95 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 7:39 · ATL 13-17 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q4 6:48 · ATL 78-95 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
