⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 4:47 · MIA 21-15 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 7:56 · MIA 41-36 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q3 9:41 · MIA 68-56 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:50 · MIA 96-102 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 7:28 · MIA 13-15 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 9:15 · MIA 33-36 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Richardson misses technical free throw
Q2 11:00 · MIA 26-25 PHX
📊The numbers
| MIA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 11 |
