⏱️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
▲ MIA better than we expected
0Q136-31
+4Q233-27
+4Q329-24
-1Q419-18
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 35
Key battles
3Blocks0
29Points off turnovers16
42%Three-point accuracy27%
9Fast break points15
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 3:38 · MIA 96-74 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Nicolas Batum flagrant foul type 1
Q2 5:57 · MIA 56-44 CHA
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 13 | Threes made | 9 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 25 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
