In my house, we were a bit behind the action most of the way, and Washington made one of those phony fourth quarter runs that made my son’s “Wizards won?!” fake spoiler plausible for a minute or two. In truth, the Heat played a sloppy, ragged game that would have resulted in defeat to most NBA teams on most nights. Against a bad Wizards team missing two veteran starters (Kyle Kuzma (tired of getting stomped heel) and Tyus Jones (back)), it was more than enough. More specific? Miami shot better (58.0% to 51.7% effective field goal percentage), committed fewer turnovers (15-13), and were +9 in made free throws. The game wasn’t close, and my son’s fake spoiler notwithstanding, the result was never in doubt. The Heat are better.
