⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 37- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven
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 took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 9:02 · MIA 16-7 CHA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q1 2:02 · MIA 38-22 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q2 7:17 · MIA 55-29 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
