⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 26-10 off them- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 50
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q3 1:39 · MIA 72-71 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q4 5:48 · MIA 91-86 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Udonis Haslem Technical Foul
Q1 3:00 · MIA 14-16 CHI
- Missed FT
Caron Butler missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 7:07 · MIA 83-83 CHI
- Missed FT
Udonis Haslem missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:26 · MIA 87-86 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 3:28 · MIA 62-71 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Antonio Davis Technical Foul
Q4 7:07 · MIA 83-83 CHI
- Turnover
Jannero Pargo Bad Pass. Stolen by Brian Grant.
Q4 1:10 · MIA 99-93 CHI
- Missed FT
Ronald Dupree missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:29 · MIA 101-94 CHI
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
