⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their twelve- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the third quarter
- Made seven threes to their fifteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 5:09 · WSH 25-17 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q3 9:54 · WSH 68-55 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Quenton Jackson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:26 · WSH 112-105 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 3:14 · WSH 107-98 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 15 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
