⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
A 17-0 run took them from 4 down to 13 up in the third quarter
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
- Steal
Goran Dragic stole it from Mario Chalmers
Q4 2:15 · PHX 86-90 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 4 down to 13 up
Q3 9:07 · PHX 60-73 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mario Chalmers bad pass
Q4 2:15 · PHX 86-90 MIA
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:30 · PHX 88-94 MIA
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 16 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
