⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, eighteen free throws to their eight- Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 26, and were outscored 31-14 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 31 fast break points to 11
- A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20 in the third 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 6:38 · MIA 29-21 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 10:18 · MIA 78-69 NO
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20
Q3 7:39 · MIA 91-71 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 18 | Threes made | 16 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 30 | Assists | 28 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 31 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 26 |
| 19 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
