⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 24-8 off them- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 48
- A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19 in the first quarter
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
- Flagrant
CJ McCollum flagrant foul type 1
Q2 2:34 · NO 40-62 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q1 6:49 · NO 8-27 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q2 11:19 · NO 25-45 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q3 0:00 · NO 76-103 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 13 | Threes made | 12 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 37 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
