⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 37 from three
- A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Budenholzer technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 6:37 · ATL 34-42 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up
Q2 8:03 · ATL 37-47 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 2:19 · ATL 46-61 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wayne Ellington misses technical free throw
Q2 6:37 · ATL 34-42 MIA
📊The numbers
| ATL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 17 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 14 | Assists | 30 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
