⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 30 from three- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 31
- A 19-0 run took them from 2 down to 17 up in the second quarter
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
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run took them from 2 down to 17 up
Q2 2:46 · MIA 62-45 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 7:06 · MIA 37-39 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q3 4:57 · MIA 78-66 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 15 | Threes made | 12 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 29 | Assists | 27 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
