⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 7:24 · MIA 76-94 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 14
Q4 3:08 · MIA 86-100 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:14 · MIA 44-60 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 9 | Threes made | 11 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
