⏱️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
Looked after the ball, four turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 15-1 off them- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 28
- A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
Key battles
1Points off turnovers15
4Turnovers15
5Steals1
52Points in the paint28
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 1:42 · CHA 33-28 MIA
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19
Q3 6:56 · CHA 73-54 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q4 11:15 · CHA 84-60 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 18 | Assists | 13 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 1 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 1 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
