⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 9 fast break points to 22
A 15-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 10 in the fourth 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 6 down to 2 up
Q1 4:22 · MIA 28-26 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 6:52 · MIA 54-46 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Richardson flopping technical foul
Q2 8:43 · MIA 43-42 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 10
Q4 6:22 · MIA 115-105 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Danilo Gallinari misses technical free throw
Q2 8:43 · MIA 43-42 WSH
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 13 | Threes made | 13 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 35 | Assists | 33 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
