⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 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 eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 35 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 cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 9:19 · CHI 10-12 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:14 · CHI 2-12 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q4 9:28 · CHI 84-106 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q4 4:06 · CHI 94-118 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jimmy Butler misses technical free throw
Q1 2:09 · CHI 21-29 MIA
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 31 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
