⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their seven- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 14-6 off them
- Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their one
Key battles
🏀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
- Technical
Garrett Temple technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:06 · CHI 68-67 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 6:14 · CHI 16-27 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 10:02 · CHI 72-81 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jimmy Butler misses technical free throw
Q1 6:51 · CHI 13-14 MIA
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 15 | Threes made | 12 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 1 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
