⏱️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
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 1 point better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 42 free throws to their 29
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Juwan Howard technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 0:32 · MIA 80-68 WSH
- Missed FT
Joel Anthony misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q3 0:32 · MIA 80-69 WSH
- Missed FT
Joel Anthony misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q3 0:32 · MIA 80-69 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q4 1:43 · MIA 105-94 WSH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Hilton Armstrong flagrant foul type 2 (Joel Anthony draws the foul)
Q3 0:32 · MIA 80-68 WSH
- Flagrant
Alonzo Gee flagrant foul type 1 (Chris Bosh draws the foul)
Q4 3:35 · MIA 98-81 WSH
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 14 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
