⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 32- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 24-11 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, 25 free throws to their 37
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24
Q3 3:00 · MIA 94-70 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 33
Q3 0:35 · MIA 106-73 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 29 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
