⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 19 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 1:51 · PHX 64-55 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q3 10:01 · PHX 80-63 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 14 | Threes made | 10 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 26 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
