⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower 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, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 40
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 10:13 · CHI 5-15 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q2 10:35 · CHI 30-50 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 7:37 · CHI 82-105 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 13 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 15 | Assists | 30 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
