⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Suns 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 8:04 · PHX 65-67 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 6:17 · PHX 15-22 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 3:45 · PHX 46-52 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q4 8:11 · PHX 83-101 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 14 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
