⏱️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
▲ PHX better than we expected
+3Q125-22
-1Q221-21
-1Q328-28
-7Q423-32
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth 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
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their seventeen- They shot well above their usual, twelve of 28 from three
Key battles
15Free throws made22
20Assists14
43%Three-point accuracy33%
12Threes made9
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 12 | Threes made | 9 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 20 | Assists | 14 |
