⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse 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, eight turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 24-9 off them- Owned the paint, 70 points inside to 54
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 27
- Lost the glass, 37 rebounds to 57
A 18-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 8 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 10:13 · MIA 16-5 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q1 1:42 · MIA 51-31 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 8
Q2 8:35 · MIA 64-56 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 3:18 · MIA 66-65 CHA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Tre Mann flagrant foul type 1
Q1 8:28 · MIA 19-9 CHA
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 31 | Assists | 22 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
