⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 11:00 · CHI 78-61 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jalen Rose Technical Foul
Q3 8:12 · CHI 57-41 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 6:37 · CHI 62-52 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 7:41 · CHI 78-69 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 29% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 13 | Blocks | 1 |
