Similar to recent games, the Miami Heat saw the bottom fall out in the third quarter Wednesday night against the Washington Wizards. After going up briefly by 21 points early in the period, the Wizards stormed back and cut the lead to three entering the fourth quarter. Miami was in danger of suffering a fifth straight loss.
Washington even briefly took the lead in the fourth, after Kyle Kuzma found the seams in the Miami zone defense. (Kuzma, though, shot just 2-for-13 from 3-point range.) Fortunately for the Heat, Tyler Herro bailed them out.