⏱️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 second 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, 18 points worse 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, 34 free throws to their 24- Owned the paint, 74 points inside to 58
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 25-11 off them
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their ten
A 12-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 17 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q2 7:03 · MIA 59-42 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q3 9:40 · MIA 93-66 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 33
Q4 9:16 · MIA 137-104 WSH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Bam Adebayo flagrant foul type 1
Q1 6:49 · MIA 14-11 WSH
- Missed FT
Kasparas Jakucionis misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q4 0:36 · MIA 150-136 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 23
Q4 11:46 · MIA 122-99 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 17
Q4 6:44 · MIA 140-123 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Will Riley misses free throw flagrant 1 of 3
Q1 6:49 · MIA 14-11 WSH
- Missed FT
Bub Carrington misses technical free throw
Q2 7:30 · MIA 49-40 WSH
- Flagrant
Jamir Watkins flagrant foul type 2
Q4 0:36 · MIA 150-136 WSH
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 17 | Threes made | 17 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 42 | Assists | 28 |
| 74 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 36 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
