⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 36- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 10
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 25-16 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q3 3:36 · CHA 83-81 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 0:59 · CHA 94-86 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
P.J. Washington technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:54 · CHA 104-93 MIA
- Turnover
Terry Rozier bad pass
Q4 4:47 · CHA 108-100 MIA
- Missed FT
Mason Plumlee misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:55 · CHA 109-106 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 5:03 · CHA 48-52 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q4 5:42 · CHA 108-106 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Team technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:39 · CHA 25-25 MIA
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 15 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
