⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
-2Q121-20
0Q227-28
+6Q322-15
-2Q419-19
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 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, 33 free throws to their sixteen
Key battles
25Free throws made12
9Blocks4
11Steals6
9Turnovers14
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brian Grant Bad Pass
Q4 4:41 · WSH 78-70 MIA
- Missed FT
Caron Butler missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:49 · WSH 82-75 MIA
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 14 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
