⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their one- They went cold, one of sixteen from three
- Ran them off the floor, 15 fast break points to 1
- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 33
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 5:37 · MIA 23-17 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 4:24 · MIA 57-50 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 10:12 · MIA 101-85 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 6:39 · MIA 105-97 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Spencer Hawes misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:05 · MIA 105-97 CHA
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 1 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 6% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 19 | Assists | 9 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
