⏱️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, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 18-10 off them- A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up in the second quarter
- Made four threes to their eleven
- Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 46
A 15-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 2 in the third quarter
Key battles
9Fast break points0
4Threes made11
7Steals2
10Assists20
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up
Q2 10:00 · CHA 36-32 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 4:09 · CHA 48-37 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jeremy Lin turnover
Q4 4:22 · CHA 83-75 MIA
- Turnover
Jeremy Lin steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 2:12 · CHA 87-82 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 2
Q3 8:40 · CHA 58-56 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Hassan Whiteside misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:31 · CHA 87-85 MIA
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 11 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 10 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
