⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 35- A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21 in the first 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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 4:43 · WSH 13-22 MIA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21
Q1 2:20 · WSH 15-36 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q3 4:09 · WSH 57-83 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 8 | Threes made | 13 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 14 | Assists | 29 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
