⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 34- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 22-14 off them
- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 22
- A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their twenty
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 7:28 · MIA 18-6 CHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q2 7:30 · MIA 55-38 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 9:32 · MIA 98-73 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q2 4:36 · MIA 55-47 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Billy Donovan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:58 · MIA 75-60 CHI
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 19 | Threes made | 17 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 37 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 22 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
