⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 38- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 28-19 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- Steal
Jrue Holiday stole it from Dwyane Wade
Q4 0:26 · NO 92-100 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Anthony Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:16 · NO 42-48 MIA
- Missed FT
Andrew Harrison misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:22 · NO 92-100 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 7:55 · NO 8-17 MIA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q2 0:02 · NO 51-68 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade bad pass
Q4 0:26 · NO 92-100 MIA
- Missed FT
Derrick Jones Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:17 · NO 93-100 MIA
- Missed FT
Derrick Jones Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:17 · NO 93-100 MIA
📊The numbers
| NO | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
