⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
They went cold, fifteen of 43 from three- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q1 0:01 · CHA 46-23 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q2 8:55 · CHA 61-31 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gordon Hayward misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:10 · CHA 107-103 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 20
Q2 3:37 · CHA 68-48 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 17
Q3 6:36 · CHA 86-69 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5
Q4 4:18 · CHA 105-100 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 18 | Threes made | 15 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 28 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
