⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their seven
A 12-0 run dragged them back level 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 2:32 · MIA 30-18 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Backcourt
Q4 1:36 · MIA 103-95 WSH
- Turnover
Eddie Jones Bad Pass. Stolen by Larry Hughes.
Q4 0:52 · MIA 106-100 WSH
- Missed FT
Udonis Haslem missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:42 · MIA 106-100 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 9:26 · MIA 37-37 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Gilbert Arenas Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 2:05 · MIA 48-41 WSH
- Turnover
Larry Hughes Turnover
Q4 0:50 · MIA 106-100 WSH
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 21 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
