⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their sixteen- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brandon Ingram bad pass
Q4 2:37 · NO 97-104 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 0:02 · NO 55-63 MIA
- Steal
Kyle Lowry stole it from Brandon Ingram
Q4 2:37 · NO 97-104 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 2:29 · NO 97-112 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Dewayne Dedmon technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:09 · NO 42-44 MIA
📊The numbers
| NO | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 25 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
