⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their fifteen- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up 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.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 1:23 · WSH 25-16 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q3 4:03 · WSH 47-35 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
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 12% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
