⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 40
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 1 down to 7 up
Q2 8:57 · MIA 40-33 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q4 9:57 · MIA 106-83 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q4 5:41 · MIA 119-91 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Richardson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:37 · MIA 57-44 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 0:33 · MIA 32-32 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q4 7:45 · MIA 110-91 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Devin Booker misses technical free throw
Q2 1:37 · MIA 57-44 PHX
📊The numbers
| MIA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 6 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 10 | Steals | 17 |
| 14 | Blocks | 20 |
