⏱️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
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
They went cold, one of six from three- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their twelve
- Could not get to the line, 26 free throws to their 39
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 8-point lead to 17
Q3 1:23 · MIA 72-55 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Travis Best Technical Foul
Q2 0:33 · MIA 41-42 CHI
- Flagrant
Brian Grant Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q4 3:47 · MIA 89-78 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 5:03 · MIA 14-13 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 1:38 · MIA 19-21 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jalen Rose missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 0:42 · MIA 19-17 CHI
- Technical
Eddie Robinson Technical Foul
Q1 0:42 · MIA 19-17 CHI
- Missed FT
Tyson Chandler missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:11 · MIA 89-82 CHI
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
