⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 59 free throws to their 29- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35
- Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 24, and were outscored 31-9 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 5
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 3:35 · MIA 36-22 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q4 10:43 · MIA 124-102 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q4 8:34 · MIA 136-108 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Bilal Coulibaly technical foul
Q3 4:49 · MIA 99-75 WSH
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 13 | Threes made | 15 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 47 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 31 | Assists | 25 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 16 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
