⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 29 from three- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fifteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 9:54 · MIA 11-6 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q3 10:35 · MIA 65-48 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q2 6:34 · MIA 47-36 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 12
Q4 2:56 · MIA 111-99 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Tristan Thompson and Dewayne Dedmon
Q4 10:23 · MIA 96-75 CHI
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 12 | Threes made | 7 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
