⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 26- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 19-6 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 9:36 · MIA 50-49 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 5:17 · MIA 60-56 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q4 5:48 · MIA 74-88 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 26 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 26 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
