⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their thirteen- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the first quarter
- Made three threes to their thirteen
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 0:12 · PHX 108-113 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q1 6:39 · PHX 17-26 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 9:30 · PHX 36-50 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 2:45 · PHX 80-91 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade bad pass
Q4 4:24 · PHX 92-100 MIA
- Missed FT
Ricky Davis misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:36 · PHX 105-111 MIA
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 13 | Threes made | 3 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 32 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
