⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 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, eight turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 23-9 off them- Made eight threes to their fifteen
- They shot well above their usual, fifteen of 32 from three
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up 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.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q1 10:30 · CHA 14-5 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Clifford technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:02 · CHA 21-15 MIA
- Turnover
LaMelo Ball bad pass
Q4 2:56 · CHA 101-105 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 8:05 · CHA 36-38 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 11:02 · CHA 83-95 MIA
- Steal
Bam Adebayo stole it from LaMelo Ball
Q4 2:56 · CHA 101-105 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jimmy Butler misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:43 · CHA 101-105 MIA
- Missed FT
Jimmy Butler misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:51 · CHA 103-108 MIA
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
