⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 33 from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 3:24 · MIA 31-21 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 3:57 · MIA 82-73 PHX
- Steal
Jason Williams stole it from Steve Nash
Q4 0:47 · MIA 98-104 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Udonis Haslem double technical foul
Q2 3:01 · MIA 54-51 PHX
- Turnover
Udonis Haslem bad pass
Q4 1:04 · MIA 98-104 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 1:02 · MIA 60-63 PHX
- Winner
Steve Nash hit a 25-foot three jumper
Q4 2:32 · MIA 98-99 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q4 4:30 · MIA 98-104 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Raja Bell traveling
Q4 3:38 · MIA 98-96 PHX
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 0:47 · MIA 98-104 PHX
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 0:15 · MIA 101-104 PHX
📊The numbers
| MIA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 15 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
