⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️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.
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q1 2:13 · MIA 26-21 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 6:26 · MIA 72-64 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q4 10:18 · MIA 93-76 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 9:40 · MIA 4-9 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
