⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their ten- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 20-9 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 2:13 · MIA 21-19 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 8:53 · MIA 32-25 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 15 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 27 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
