⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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, 10 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 26-2 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 4
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q3 6:09 · MIA 60-50 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q4 10:38 · MIA 80-60 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 2:31 · MIA 15-21 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 5:47 · MIA 31-37 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Juan Dixon technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:48 · MIA 80-62 WSH
- Technical
Antawn Jamison technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:15 · MIA 81-64 WSH
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 1 |
