⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 36 from three- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 34
- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their six, and outscored them 16-6 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 1:24 · MIA 45-46 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 1:12 · MIA 20-21 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q3 11:23 · MIA 45-57 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q3 0:05 · MIA 66-84 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 13 | Threes made | 18 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 25 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
