⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:54 · WSH 8-2 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q4 3:43 · WSH 99-96 MIA
- Winner
Spencer Dinwiddie hit a 28-foot three jumper, Bradley Beal with the assist
Q4 1:43 · WSH 99-96 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bradley Beal lost ball turnover
Q4 2:43 · WSH 93-96 MIA
- Missed FT
Kyle Kuzma misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:00 · WSH 103-100 MIA
- Missed FT
Kyle Kuzma misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:00 · WSH 103-100 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 2:39 · WSH 41-43 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q3 10:42 · WSH 45-57 MIA
- Steal
Tyler Herro stole it from Bradley Beal
Q4 2:43 · WSH 93-96 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jimmy Butler offensive foul
Q4 2:57 · WSH 93-96 MIA
- Turnover
Jimmy Butler turnover
Q4 2:57 · WSH 93-96 MIA
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:19 · WSH 99-96 MIA
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
