⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 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 nine- A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up in the second quarter
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up
Q2 9:02 · ATL 36-42 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q3 4:26 · ATL 66-84 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 17 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 6 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 15 | Steals | 11 |
| 16 | Blocks | 17 |
