⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 33
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 5:43 · MIA 65-50 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q3 2:40 · MIA 76-51 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 20
Q4 2:54 · MIA 97-77 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 12 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
