⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
+1Q120-16
+8Q223-16
-5Q328-30
+14Q435-21
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 25- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 40
- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 4
Key battles
16Fast break points4
7Blocks3
33%Three-point accuracy24%
14Points off turnovers9
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 3:15 · MIA 20-14 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
