⏱️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, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
+11Q131-19
-7Q224-29
-4Q321-22
-4Q410-16
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their fifteen- Went cold from three, four of seventeen
Key battles
24%Three-point accuracy57%
0Fast break points2
20Free throws made11
4Threes made8
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
