⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 16 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
-16Q121-34
+9Q226-18
+11Q334-18
0Q432-28
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 28
Key battles
29Assists18
14Free throws made22
11Turnovers17
15Threes made10
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 4:20 · MIA 13-28 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 15 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
