With Saturday night’s 102-97 comeback victory over the Miami Heat, the Chicago Bulls snapped a three-game losing run.

The Bulls fell behind by 21 points at the end of the first quarter, but they finally broke through with 51 seconds remaining. After losing two games in a row to the Orlando Magic despite leading entering the final seconds of each, the Bulls needed this inspiring comeback to get them back on track.

Five things can be learned from this game.

1. The Bulls’ season-long poor start was their worst.

After getting off to sluggish starts in their previous three losses, they came into Saturday’s game ready to turn things around. What happened instead was that they had their poorest start to the season.

After the Heat took a commanding 20-1 lead, the boos resounded throughout the United Center. They reached a crescendo when the play that followed resulted in DeMar DeRozan’s оffensive foul in transition. Just seven minutes into the contest, Zach LaVine kicked the first field goal for the Bulls. The Heat were leading 22-1 at that moment.

The disappointment of falling behind by over 20 points for the second time was mitigated by the comeback victory. With such dismal first quarter performance, the Bulls are well aware that they cannot maintain a competitive edge.

According to DeRozan, “it’s frustrating” when one looks up and sees that. It’s humiliating. It’s our fault. We must put an end to this, dude. We must forget that we have cursed ourselves into a first-quarter loss so often by placing ourselves in that situation.

2. In the fourth quarter, DeMar DeRozan got back to what he does best.

The Bulls spent the most of the game attempting to recover from their first-quarter deficit. They managed to narrow the margin to single digits, but the Heat would respond with a barrage of shots that would put them up again. It wasn’t until the fourth quarter that the Bulls finally got going, scoring 34 points to beаt the Heat.

As usual, DeRozan came through in the fourth, leading the team in scoring with 12 points. With 1:39 remaining, he sent a 3-pointer into the hoop to tie the score at 94. Ever since the scoreboard read 0-0, the game has never been tied.

Due to the Bulls’ pressure on the Heat, who managed just one score in the final two minutes, they were able to secure the victory.

3. A season-high volume of 3-pointers helped the Bulls.

The Bulls have made it plain that they want to shoot more 3-pointers this season, but so far, that strategy hasn’t been successful. As they keep working to increase their 3-point attempts, they entered Saturday’s game shooting 34.4%.

The first half saw the Bulls fire only 5-for-22 from outside the arc. Still, they took a lot of 3-pointers despite their poor efficiency, and the shots started to fall in the second half.

In the second half, the Bulls went 11 for 23, or 47.8 percent, from beyond the arc. In the fourth quarter, they made seven more 3-pointers, which helped fuel their comeback. They Һit 16 (35.6% of their deep shots) out of 45 attempts by the final buzzer, which was a season best.

Behind the arc, five players managed to make at least two shots. Jevon Carter took three hits, LaVine had three assists, and Coby White had ten total hits.

After a subdued beginning, Zach LaVine flourished.

LaVine’s final stats were everything from ordinary. In a total of ten attempts, he managed to make both of his attempts at the rim. The free-throw line eluded him. The slow оffensive start was aided by his three-point heave at the buzzer in the second quarter, one of only two shots he took in the first half.

LaVine stated that he was making the most of the possibilities presented to him by the Heat defense, which included applying significant pressure to prevent the pick-and-roll situations that usually result in his devastating drives to the basket. The offense was still aided by LaVine, who recorded a team-high six assists.

In the fourth quarter, LaVine helped the team’s comeback attempt by making two 3-pointers. In addition to scoring after a steаl and blocking a jumper by Kyle Lowry in the fourth, he also assisted on a 3-pointer by Alex Caruso with 51 seconds left.

However, LaVine’s recent two-week slump continued with a low-scoring performance (13 points).

5. The bench played a key role in the team’s recovery following a disappointing performance against the Magic.

In Friday’s loss to the Magic, the Bulls’ bench scored a meager eight points, continuing their losing streak. However, in response, the squad provided a well-rounded performance versus the Heat, with 26 points, 20 boards, 6 assists, 3 blocks, and 2 steals.

The Bulls’ offense couldn’t have kept up with Carter’s 3-point shooting. Around the basket, Torrey Craig and Andre Drummond gave much-needed vigor.

In sharp contrast, the Heat scored 97 points (with 23 points coming from the bench) and 49 of those points came from superstars Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo.