⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 23- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 24
- Made nine threes to their seventeen
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 6 down to 3 up
Q1 0:00 · PHX 31-28 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q4 10:03 · PHX 84-80 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 3:57 · PHX 88-90 MIA
- Turnover
Eric Bledsoe bad pass
Q4 2:02 · PHX 91-94 MIA
- Turnover
Eric Bledsoe bad pass
Q4 0:08 · PHX 97-103 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:00 · PHX 2-9 MIA
- Winner
Chris Bosh hit a 14-foot jumper, Josh McRoberts with the assist
Q4 2:54 · PHX 91-92 MIA
- Steal
Dwyane Wade stole it from Eric Bledsoe
Q4 2:02 · PHX 91-94 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade traveling
Q4 3:36 · PHX 88-90 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:35 · PHX 97-102 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:09 · PHX 97-103 MIA
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 14 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
