⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 38
- A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 29
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 7:11 · MIA 56-39 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23
Q3 6:05 · MIA 88-65 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 | 40% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 33 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
