⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 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 eleven threes to their four- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 24, and were outscored 23-14 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 6
- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to ten
- A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 4:03 · MIA 20-18 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22
Q3 8:59 · MIA 76-54 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q4 5:22 · MIA 109-86 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 14 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 13 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
