⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 44 free throws to their 28- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 39
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 22-6 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q2 3:57 · CHI 48-64 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q3 6:34 · CHI 73-87 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Huerter technical foul
Q3 8:18 · CHI 57-78 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 0:38 · CHI 32-42 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 7:11 · CHI 37-54 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 39
Q4 8:12 · CHI 80-119 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 12 | Threes made | 14 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 35 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 35 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 13 | Blocks | 7 |
