⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
-6Q128-34
+1Q227-27
+7Q338-30
-18Q420-37
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 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, 52 rebounds to 42- Burned in transition, 4 fast break points to 16
Key battles
16Fast break points4
17Assists26
38%Shooting from the field55%
49Rebounds65
🏀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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q4 8:32 · WSH 98-111 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 37 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
