⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen- Owned the paint, 80 points inside to 48
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 stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q1 0:43 · MIA 39-24 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 5:52 · MIA 88-74 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q3 0:06 · MIA 106-84 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q2 1:54 · MIA 70-61 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 15 | Threes made | 17 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 34 | Assists | 31 |
| 80 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 36 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
