⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 34 from three
- Could not get to the line, six free throws to their 24
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
A 15-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 12 in the third quarter
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 stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q1 0:41 · CHI 37-19 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 4:12 · CHI 57-37 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 3:26 · CHI 113-96 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Andre Drummond technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:41 · CHI 37-21 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 12
Q3 9:02 · CHI 79-67 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q3 0:59 · CHI 90-84 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 34 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
