⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their fourteen- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fourteen
- Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 27
- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 9
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 took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 6:27 · WSH 16-15 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 5:21 · WSH 16-26 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 10:26 · WSH 27-44 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q3 1:48 · WSH 85-107 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 14 | Threes made | 20 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 27 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 37 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
