⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 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, 41 free throws to their 30- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty
- A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17 in the fourth quarter
- Went cold from three, four of 23
- Lost the glass, 40 rebounds to 50
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
Q1 3:27 · MIA 23-14 CHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q3 0:16 · MIA 71-63 CHI
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17
Q4 4:35 · MIA 92-75 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kirk Hinrich turnover
Q4 4:20 · MIA 79-75 CHI
- Turnover
Kirk Hinrich bad pass
Q4 3:47 · MIA 82-75 CHI
- Technical
Andres Nocioni technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:44 · MIA 91-75 CHI
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
