⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
-11Q119-31
-18Q214-32
-6Q316-23
+7Q425-17
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 28
Key battles
3Blocks9
28Points in the paint52
3Fast break points7
10Points off turnovers18
🏀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 took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 6:43 · CHI 10-17 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
