⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 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, 38 free throws to their seventeen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q4 7:56 · CHI 81-77 MIA
- Ties it
Mike Sweetney hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:46 · CHI 84-84 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andres Nocioni turnover
Q4 3:16 · CHI 83-81 MIA
- Missed FT
Mike Sweetney misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:46 · CHI 84-84 MIA
- Turnover
Mike Sweetney turnover
Q4 2:04 · CHI 84-85 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 2:06 · CHI 65-69 MIA
- Go-ahead
James Posey hit a 26-foot three jumper, Dwyane Wade with the assist
Q4 2:59 · CHI 83-84 MIA
- Winner
Gary Payton hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:16 · CHI 84-85 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:58 · CHI 33-33 MIA
- Flagrant
Shaquille O'Neal flagrant foul type 1 (Andres Nocioni draws the foul)
Q2 2:23 · CHI 42-43 MIA
- Missed FT
Gary Payton misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:16 · CHI 84-84 MIA
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
