⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 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, 58 rebounds to 46- Owned the paint, 72 points inside to 38
- A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28 in the fourth 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 7:46 · ATL 60-74 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q4 11:34 · ATL 75-98 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28
Q4 5:21 · ATL 89-117 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 16 | Threes made | 13 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 31 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 72 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 200 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
