⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
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 took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 6:03 · MIA 42-38 CHI
- Winner
Dwyane Wade hit a 17-foot jumper
Q4 2:57 · MIA 84-83 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jermaine O'Neal offensive foul (Luol Deng draws the foul)
Q4 4:52 · MIA 79-80 CHI
- Turnover
Jermaine O'Neal turnover
Q4 4:52 · MIA 79-80 CHI
- Turnover
Mario Chalmers bad pass
Q4 3:31 · MIA 82-83 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Derrick Rose turnover
Q4 0:38 · MIA 91-87 CHI
- Turnover
John Salmons turnover
Q4 0:23 · MIA 95-87 CHI
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 15 | Assists | 13 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
