⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their two- A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up in the second quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nick Young traveling
Q4 2:43 · WSH 86-89 MIA
- Turnover
Caron Butler turnover
Q4 1:04 · WSH 88-91 MIA
- Turnover
Nick Young bad pass
Q4 0:33 · WSH 88-91 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:19 · WSH 2-10 MIA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q2 0:04 · WSH 41-55 MIA
- Steal
Dwyane Wade stole it from Nick Young
Q4 0:33 · WSH 88-91 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:22 · WSH 82-87 MIA
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade turnover
Q4 4:01 · WSH 82-87 MIA
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 0:10 · WSH 88-93 MIA
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 2 | Threes made | 9 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 17 | Assists | 27 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
