⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 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, 7 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 36 points inside to 20
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 took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q2 1:42 · MIA 48-40 CHI
Bad plays
- Flagrant
James Jones flagrant foul type 2 (Joakim Noah draws the foul)
Q2 6:05 · MIA 33-32 CHI
- Flagrant
Dwyane Wade flagrant foul type 1 (Richard Hamilton draws the foul)
Q3 9:04 · MIA 48-42 CHI
- Technical
Double technical foul - Dwyane Wade and Richard Hamilton
Q3 9:04 · MIA 48-42 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton misses technical free throw
Q3 11:26 · MIA 44-40 CHI
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 14 | Assists | 16 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 20 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
