⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17 in the fourth quarter- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 27
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- Steal
Marvin Williams stole it from James Johnson
Q4 2:10 · CHA 94-100 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Marvin Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:04 · CHA 40-48 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:33 · CHA 93-100 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 7:43 · CHA 10-15 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 9:35 · CHA 28-36 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q4 10:48 · CHA 77-94 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
James Johnson lost ball turnover
Q4 2:10 · CHA 94-100 MIA
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:26 · CHA 98-102 MIA
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 1 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 16 | Steals | 16 |
| 14 | Blocks | 23 |
