⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen
- Beaten inside, 26 points in the paint to 58
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the second quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 7:16 · MIA 18-14 CHA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q2 10:08 · MIA 45-30 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Josh Richardson misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 3:38 · MIA 95-98 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 9:21 · MIA 9-14 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 2:15 · MIA 52-54 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 4:20 · MIA 70-78 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:25 · MIA 100-105 CHA
- Missed FT
Marvin Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:15 · MIA 102-105 CHA
- Missed FT
Marvin Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:15 · MIA 102-105 CHA
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 13 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 8 | Blocks | 0 |
