⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jared Jeffries Bad Pass
Q4 3:26 · WSH 81-83 MIA
- Turnover
Etan Thomas Lost Ball. Stolen by Rasual Butler.
Q4 2:50 · WSH 81-85 MIA
- Turnover
Larry Hughes Lost Ball. Stolen by Lamar Odom.
Q4 0:36 · WSH 83-90 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
