⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their 27
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q3 0:28 · MIA 85-72 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 6:00 · MIA 16-15 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 6:03 · MIA 63-60 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 1:15 · MIA 106-95 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Othella Harrington Technical Foul. His 2nd Technical Foul.
Q3 7:50 · MIA 58-46 CHI
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
