⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
-5Q123-24
+5Q222-16
+7Q323-15
+8Q434-25
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 25- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 23-9 off them
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 37
Key battles
9Offensive rebounds2
23Points off turnovers9
11Free throws made25
30Assists15
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 30 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
