Entering Sunday, the Miami Heat had won five Games 7s in franchise history, while the Charlotte Hornets had been to just two Game 7s. The experience gap showed from the opening tip as the Heat beat the Hornets 106-73, their biggest Game 7 playoff win in franchise history and the fifth biggest by any team in a Game 7 in NBA Playoff history.
The Heat dominated the paint early taking a 16-6 advantage after the first quarter, and that morphed into an 58-22 advantage by the end of the game. In the first six games of the series, the Hornets were plus-20 in the paint before being -36 in Game 7.