⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
They went cold, eleven of 43 from three- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Josh Hart turnover
Q4 3:43 · NO 87-92 MIA
- Turnover
Eric Bledsoe bad pass
Q4 3:11 · NO 87-95 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 10:10 · NO 4-11 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andre Iguodala misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:12 · NO 87-91 MIA
📊The numbers
| NO | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 28 | Assists | 27 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
