⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 31
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 9:59 · WSH 41-32 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q2 4:56 · WSH 61-39 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q2 0:45 · WSH 75-48 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 36 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
