⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 61 rebounds to 39- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their six, and outscored them 24-4 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 8:21 · WSH 60-58 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q4 8:38 · WSH 104-112 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q4 1:54 · WSH 122-127 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Scott Brooks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:20 · WSH 107-121 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q3 4:51 · WSH 80-97 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bam Adebayo out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:52 · WSH 122-127 MIA
- Missed FT
Bam Adebayo misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:07 · WSH 122-128 MIA
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 15 | Threes made | 16 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 32 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
