⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 22-4 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 23 in the third quarter
A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up in the first 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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up
Q1 3:00 · WSH 29-17 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 8:37 · WSH 33-31 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 23
Q3 6:56 · WSH 49-72 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q4 4:43 · WSH 74-99 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
