⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 24-10 off them- A 14-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 27 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 4:15 · MIA 28-21 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 2:08 · MIA 38-24 WSH
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 27
Q3 9:51 · MIA 82-55 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 19
Q3 5:15 · MIA 85-66 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Spencer Dinwiddie technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:13 · MIA 82-57 WSH
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 16 | Threes made | 17 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 27 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
