⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 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, 15 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 6:37 · MIA 86-73 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses technical free throw
Q2 1:29 · MIA 39-41 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 4:01 · MIA 14-18 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 13 | Assists | 11 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
