⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 37 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 6
- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 33
- Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their four
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 11:26 · MIA 40-28 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q2 8:26 · MIA 52-32 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 0:18 · MIA 72-53 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bam Adebayo misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q4 10:26 · MIA 90-82 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 11:17 · MIA 3-10 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q2 4:17 · MIA 61-46 NO
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Eric Bledsoe flagrant foul type 1
Q4 10:26 · MIA 90-82 NO
📊The numbers
| MIA | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
