⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37
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 took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 1:23 · MIA 61-53 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Goran Dragic and Kelly Oubre Jr.
Q4 7:09 · MIA 96-93 WSH
- Turnover
Goran Dragic lost ball turnover
Q4 4:18 · MIA 102-97 WSH
- Turnover
James Johnson lost ball turnover
Q4 3:31 · MIA 104-99 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q3 6:41 · MIA 71-73 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 17 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
