⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA 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 Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 26-7 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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 2:40 · MIA 35-30 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q2 2:31 · MIA 76-60 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q3 5:33 · MIA 95-81 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
LaMelo Ball technical foul
Q4 4:02 · MIA 126-105 CHA
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 20 | Threes made | 18 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 34 | Assists | 26 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
