⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the first quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 7:43 · MIA 92-92 CHA
- Winner
Goran Dragic hit a 14-foot step back jumper
Q4 2:23 · MIA 97-96 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q4 2:47 · MIA 104-96 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dion Waiters misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:29 · MIA 104-98 CHA
- Missed FT
Dion Waiters misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:29 · MIA 104-98 CHA
- Missed FT
Josh Richardson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:11 · MIA 105-100 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q1 10:44 · MIA 1-16 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Carter-Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:32 · MIA 44-43 CHA
- Turnover
Nicolas Batum turnover
Q4 0:59 · MIA 102-96 CHA
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 14 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 4 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 21 | Steals | 22 |
| 24 | Blocks | 24 |
