⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 25 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made 23 threes to their twelve- Shot well above their usual, 23 of 42 from three
- Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their eighteen
- A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 in the fourth quarter
- Beaten inside, 42 points in the paint to 66
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 8:28 · MIA 12-14 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 9:49 · MIA 42-41 CHA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q4 10:51 · MIA 117-99 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jimmy Butler misses technical free throw
Q3 7:18 · MIA 82-83 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:12 · MIA 0-9 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 11:49 · MIA 70-68 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Mason Plumlee technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:18 · MIA 82-83 CHA
- Technical
Double technical foul - P.J. Washington and Omer Yurtseven
Q4 6:58 · MIA 118-101 CHA
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 23 | Threes made | 12 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 34 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
