⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 6
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Andres Nocioni Flagrant Foul Type 1. Nocioni's 1st Personal Foul, Chicago's 6th Team Foul.
Q1 0:49 · CHI 21-23 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 10:23 · CHI 27-36 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 0:00 · CHI 68-86 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q4 3:08 · CHI 79-103 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eddie Jones missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q1 0:49 · CHI 21-24 MIA
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
