⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 12 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 12- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q4 6:44 · MIA 108-106 PHX
- Ties it
Dion Waiters hit a three jumper, Josh Richardson with the assist
Q4 0:40 · MIA 118-118 PHX
- Go-ahead
Kelly Olynyk hit a 22-foot jumper, Dwyane Wade with the assist
Q4 0:18 · MIA 121-120 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Richardson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:23 · MIA 44-32 PHX
- Technical
Dion Waiters technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:50 · MIA 53-41 PHX
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:44 · MIA 115-116 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q3 11:48 · MIA 65-62 PHX
- Go-ahead
Deandre Ayton hit a layup, Tyler Johnson with the assist
Q4 0:30 · MIA 119-120 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kelly Oubre Jr. misses technical free throw
Q2 10:16 · MIA 35-25 PHX
- Turnover
Devin Booker bad pass
Q4 1:47 · MIA 114-116 PHX
📊The numbers
| MIA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 31 | Assists | 30 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
