⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 8- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:41 · WSH 8-0 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q1 1:25 · WSH 40-17 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gilbert Arenas misses technical free throw
Q3 8:45 · WSH 60-57 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q2 4:39 · WSH 55-44 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 11:07 · WSH 60-57 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Antoine Walker traveling
Q4 4:39 · WSH 96-89 MIA
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 25 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
