⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 9- Went cold from three, eleven of 38
A 14-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 10 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q2 0:10 · CHA 63-65 MIA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 10
Q4 5:26 · CHA 108-118 MIA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Cody Martin flagrant foul type 1
Q3 9:06 · CHA 66-72 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Trevor Ariza misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q3 9:06 · CHA 66-72 MIA
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
