⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 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 fourteen threes to their five
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
- Technical
Brendan Haywood technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:56 · WSH 94-108 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 11:30 · WSH 30-39 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q2 3:50 · WSH 39-57 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 10:34 · WSH 82-91 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jamaal Magloire technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 6:16 · WSH 87-99 MIA
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 5 | Threes made | 14 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
