Miami’s defense was aggressive to start with Jimmy rejecting Ayton on the first play of the game. In fact, Miami did a great job on Ayton early causing him to miss his following two looks and turn the ball over. Unfortunately, that didn’t last long as Ayton would get it going showcasing Miami’s struggles guarding taller players
The Suns would go on a 10-0 run to take an eight-point lead. Jae Crowder unloaded on the Heat with seven points in the first. It’s almost as if he was displeased with not being signed in the offseason.
Miami struggled to score missing seven of their first nine looks but would find a little bit of a rhythm in the final two minutes of the first with Herro and Bam both attacking the paint.