⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second 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
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 34- Burned in transition, 8 fast break points to 27
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q2 8:39 · PHX 42-48 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 4:24 · PHX 81-88 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Alex Len turnover Hassan Whiteside
Q4 2:14 · PHX 106-112 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:44 · PHX 2-10 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q2 10:39 · PHX 31-47 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 0:52 · PHX 86-101 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 2 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 11 | Steals | 14 |
| 29 | Blocks | 25 |
