⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 4- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:18 · MIA 10-2 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q2 3:28 · MIA 60-38 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Udonis Haslem Double Technical Foul. Andres Nocioni gains possession.
Q4 2:51 · MIA 95-82 CHI
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:32 · MIA 97-82 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q3 7:31 · MIA 73-58 CHI
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Andres Nocioni Flagrant Foul Type 1. His 7th Personal Foul.
Q4 2:51 · MIA 95-82 CHI
- Flagrant
Andres Nocioni Flagrant Foul Type 1. His 6th Personal Foul.
Q4 2:51 · MIA 95-82 CHI
- Technical
Andres Nocioni Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 2:51 · MIA 95-82 CHI
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 18 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
