⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 23-8 off them
- Owned the paint, 72 points inside to 44
- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q1 9:37 · MIA 22-5 CHI
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 33-point lead to 46
Q3 1:01 · MIA 108-62 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 43-point lead to 51
Q4 9:25 · MIA 116-65 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 49-point deficit to 41
Q4 2:31 · MIA 130-89 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Dalen Terry technical foul
Q3 0:00 · MIA 100-62 CHI
📊The numbers
| MIA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 14 | Threes made | 6 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 44 | Assists | 18 |
| 72 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
