⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their four
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q1 5:35 · PHX 31-10 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shawn Marion misses technical free throw
Q4 9:21 · PHX 93-75 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q2 10:53 · PHX 50-36 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q3 2:50 · PHX 89-71 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Antoine Walker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:21 · PHX 93-75 MIA
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 13 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 38 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
