⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse 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 21, and were outscored 29-16 off them- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 36
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 12
Q4 5:42 · PHX 91-103 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 3:13 · PHX 45-54 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q4 9:35 · PHX 81-103 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 14 | Threes made | 15 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 32 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
