⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 44
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 cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 7:31 · CHI 25-28 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 2:00 · CHI 15-23 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q2 0:00 · CHI 31-48 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 7:24 · CHI 37-56 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
