⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher 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, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 34 from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:24 · CHI 8-2 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 4:11 · CHI 30-27 MIA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Ayo Dosunmu flagrant foul type 1
Q2 0:06 · CHI 57-63 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 8:46 · CHI 13-16 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyler Herro technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:34 · CHI 92-111 MIA
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 9 | Threes made | 17 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 28 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
