⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
A 13-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 15 in the third quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 15
Q3 0:02 · MIA 85-100 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 7:47 · MIA 15-18 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q1 1:10 · MIA 25-39 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 14 | Threes made | 14 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 30 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
