⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse 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, 27 free throws to their sixteen- Gave up second chances, seventeen 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 10:25 · MIA 10-9 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 8:56 · MIA 44-34 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q3 3:56 · MIA 82-59 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 7:43 · MIA 92-82 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 7
Q4 4:31 · MIA 100-93 WSH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Trevor Ariza flagrant foul type 1 (Chris Andersen draws the foul)
Q3 1:19 · MIA 82-61 WSH
- Missed FT
Bradley Beal misses technical free throw
Q4 11:48 · MIA 87-64 WSH
- Missed FT
Bradley Beal misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:41 · MIA 100-93 WSH
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 12 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 32 | Assists | 22 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
