⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their fourteen- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 42
- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 20-10 off them
- Owned the paint, 70 points inside to 46
- A 13-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 27 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.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q1 2:00 · NO 24-33 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 2:52 · NO 51-68 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 27
Q2 0:13 · NO 54-81 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 36
Q3 8:29 · NO 59-95 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 14 | Threes made | 20 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 27 | Assists | 36 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 70 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 29 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
