⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 42- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 21, and were outscored 22-9 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 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.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 8:39 · ATL 15-14 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 3:40 · ATL 24-24 MIA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jalen Johnson flagrant foul type 1
Q2 9:08 · ATL 34-39 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 6:58 · ATL 15-24 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q2 2:50 · ATL 49-63 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 7:06 · ATL 96-113 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 29 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
