⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second 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
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 23-8 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 10:48 · PHX 43-30 MIA
- Ties it
Amare Stoudemire hit a tip shot
Q4 1:52 · PHX 101-101 MIA
- Go-ahead
Steve Nash hit a 28-foot three jumper
Q4 1:21 · PHX 104-103 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 5:58 · PHX 45-46 MIA
- Lead
Udonis Haslem hit a 17-foot jumper, Dwyane Wade with the assist
Q4 1:35 · PHX 101-103 MIA
- Winner
Jermaine O'Neal hit a 16-foot jumper, Rafer Alston with the assist
Q4 0:29 · PHX 104-105 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jermaine O'Neal misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:42 · PHX 95-100 MIA
- Turnover
Dorell Wright bad pass
Q4 3:08 · PHX 95-100 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:03 · PHX 99-100 MIA
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
