⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower 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, 27 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 27-18 off them- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 10
- A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17 in the third 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 cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q2 8:14 · CHA 37-40 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 2:05 · CHA 86-104 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 2:50 · CHA 18-25 MIA
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17
Q3 6:59 · CHA 57-74 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q3 1:31 · CHA 59-83 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 27 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 14 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
