⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 22-10 off them- Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 28
- Made seven threes to their fourteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 7:16 · MIA 43-32 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Justise Winslow possession lost ball turnoverMarvin Williams
Q4 3:03 · MIA 84-91 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q3 2:49 · MIA 74-73 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 11:11 · MIA 79-81 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q4 4:31 · MIA 84-94 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kemba Walker misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:06 · MIA 91-97 CHA
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
