The Miami Heat challenge the Phoenix Suns in the Arizona desert, as Miami leaves for next day’s showdown against the Los Angeles Lakers in Dwyane Wade’s new home town.
Both Heat and Suns have identical 5-2 records, so how do they compare?
1 – The Suns win despite giving up over 104 points per game in 4 of 5 games: 119-109, 114-105, 121-110, 130-122, 124-95. Miami surrendered over 104 points in only one of their wins: 129-100, 106-97, 112-97, 131-126 (OT), 120-101.
2 – The Heat leave a lot points on the table at the free-throw line: 144 of 201 equals 57 for Miami, 140 of 171 equals 31 for Suns.