⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run took them from 12 down to 4 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 12 down to 4 up
Q2 3:58 · MIA 34-38 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jarvis Hayes Bad Pass. Stolen by Rafer Alston.
Q4 2:00 · MIA 73-69 WSH
- Turnover
Jarvis Hayes Lost Ball. Stolen by Rafer Alston.
Q4 1:50 · MIA 75-69 WSH
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
