⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second 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, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their fourteen- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 35
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 29
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 9:50 · PHX 12-6 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 0:31 · PHX 32-33 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 18
Q3 1:16 · PHX 80-98 MIA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Deandre Ayton flagrant foul type 1
Q2 0:28 · PHX 50-65 MIA
- Technical
Cameron Payne technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:33 · PHX 71-95 MIA
- Missed FT
Chris Paul misses technical free throw
Q3 1:20 · PHX 71-98 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 6:53 · PHX 16-21 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 8:10 · PHX 38-51 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 3:37 · PHX 44-62 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 14 | Threes made | 22 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 33 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
