⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better 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, 39 free throws to their seventeen- Made five threes to their thirteen
- They shot well above their usual, thirteen of 26 from three
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the third quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 10:33 · MIA 36-27 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 4:35 · MIA 50-40 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q4 8:10 · MIA 95-91 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:13 · MIA 104-102 CHI
- Missed FT
James Posey misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:07 · MIA 109-106 CHI
- Missed FT
Antoine Walker misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:01 · MIA 111-106 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q3 0:05 · MIA 87-91 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ben Gordon misses technical free throw
Q2 4:11 · MIA 43-40 CHI
- Turnover
Kirk Hinrich bad pass
Q4 1:39 · MIA 107-104 CHI
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 13 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
