⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of 21 from three- Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q4 5:22 · MIA 95-77 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses technical free throw
Q4 4:43 · MIA 90-77 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Brad Miller flagrant foul type 1 (Dwyane Wade draws the foul)
Q4 4:43 · MIA 89-77 CHI
- Technical
Kirk Hinrich technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:43 · MIA 89-77 CHI
- Technical
Brad Miller technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:43 · MIA 89-77 CHI
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 12 | Threes made | 7 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 15 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
