⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 16 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, 21 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 seventeen threes to their ten- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 27-8 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 3
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6 in the third quarter
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 cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q1 0:26 · WSH 35-39 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 11:01 · WSH 0-8 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6
Q3 4:08 · WSH 87-81 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
