⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
-17Q119-32
0Q225-25
+2Q326-24
-8Q422-26
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 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, 22 free throws to their eleven- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 21-4 off them
Key battles
4Points off turnovers21
6Free throws made18
19Turnovers8
7Steals12
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q3 2:25 · PHX 70-81 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 6:31 · PHX 8-21 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
