⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 9:18 · PHX 12-6 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 11:08 · PHX 24-27 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 12 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
