⏱️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
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 29- A 13-0 run took them from 8 down to 5 up in the third 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 5:35 · WSH 40-34 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gilbert Arenas missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 11:47 · WSH 51-49 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 8 down to 5 up
Q3 8:52 · WSH 60-65 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
