⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 39 from three- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their fourteen
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:33 · MIA 9-0 ATL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 8:33 · MIA 73-73 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jaime Jaquez Jr. bad pass
Q4 4:51 · MIA 104-98 ATL
- Turnover
Tyler Herro bad pass
Q4 3:38 · MIA 107-100 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up
Q2 0:00 · MIA 62-73 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Trae Young bad pass
Q4 4:33 · MIA 104-98 ATL
- Turnover
Dejounte Murray out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:27 · MIA 120-113 ATL
📊The numbers
| MIA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 17 | Threes made | 19 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 29 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
