⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 10 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
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 27-7 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:48 · MIA 4-10 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q4 11:07 · MIA 82-103 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q4 7:58 · MIA 87-112 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 20 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
