⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher 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, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 34
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 9:53 · CHI 2-11 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q2 2:36 · CHI 38-55 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 4:28 · CHI 88-106 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Williams misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q3 9:30 · CHI 48-64 MIA
- Technical
Gary Payton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:11 · CHI 60-73 MIA
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
