⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 38- A 13-0 run took them from 11 down to 2 up in the first quarter
Key battles
6Offensive rebounds14
38Rebounds55
12Points off turnovers8
44Points in the paint52
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 11 down to 2 up
Q1 5:23 · MIA 25-27 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q4 10:34 · MIA 76-100 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 26 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
