⏱️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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of 21 from three- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q3 6:52 · WSH 61-62 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 1:23 · WSH 19-27 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q2 3:32 · WSH 38-50 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Bosh misses technical free throw
Q1 7:18 · WSH 11-12 MIA
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
