⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their eight
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 8:22 · MIA 17-9 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 4:02 · MIA 30-18 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q4 3:50 · MIA 122-95 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 25
Q4 11:22 · MIA 106-81 WSH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Bradley Beal flagrant foul type 1
Q3 6:44 · MIA 83-57 WSH
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 16 | Threes made | 8 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
