⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q4 1:54 · MIA 107-95 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marcin Gortat misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:47 · MIA 99-93 WSH
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
