⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
They went cold, eleven of 38 from three
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 from level to 8 points up
Q2 10:29 · WSH 41-33 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 4:22 · WSH 17-22 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 8:31 · WSH 41-41 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 0:02 · WSH 59-72 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 14 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 22 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
