⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
+19Q130-12
+9Q224-16
-9Q313-22
-15Q414-28
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first 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 Suns did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 26-12 off them- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
Key battles
4Blocks0
12Points off turnovers26
9Offensive rebounds17
24Turnovers14
📊The numbers
| MIA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 19 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
