⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 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, 20 fast break points to 5- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the second quarter
- Made twelve threes to their nineteen
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q2 6:16 · WSH 55-37 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q3 0:00 · WSH 88-78 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 19 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
