⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their fifteen- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the third quarter
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q1 7:41 · CHI 18-10 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q2 7:13 · CHI 31-36 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q3 7:28 · CHI 47-63 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rod Strickland Lost Ball. Stolen by Eddy Curry.
Q4 1:15 · CHI 80-84 MIA
- Missed FT
Rod Strickland missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:33 · CHI 82-87 MIA
- Missed FT
Alonzo Mourning missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:21 · CHI 82-88 MIA
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
