The Wizards lost a weird and competitive game against the Miami Heat, bringing their home record this season to an NBA worst 3-20.
Neither team could shoot, finishing the game with matching 47.2% effective field goal percentages. The Wizards shot 11-42 — 26.2% — from three-point range. Somehow, the Heat were even worse — 7-31 (22.6%).
While Miami had an atrocious shooting night, and the Wizards were trying to defend, it would be a stretch to say Washington caused the Heat’s misses. By my count, the Heat were 3-21 on open three-point attempts.
Two key difference makers: the Heat made up for their bricks by grabbing 14 offensive rebounds to Washington’s 6, and by attacking the paint relentlessly, drawing fouls and winning at the free throw line 27-17.