⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 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 eleven threes to their five- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 28-5 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 2
- A 15-0 run took them from 7 down to 8 up in the first quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 7 down to 8 up
Q1 8:04 · PHX 22-14 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 9:45 · PHX 96-73 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q4 2:31 · PHX 108-80 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:07 · PHX 92-73 MIA
- Technical
Jason Williams technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 9:07 · PHX 92-73 MIA
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
