Washington Wizards – Miami Heat · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 13 April 2025

WAS119–118MIA

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↑ MIA winsWAS wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when MIA leads and falls when WAS does.

This is how the game was decided.

Tristan Vukcevic decided it, the Washington Wizards player with the most points (28, with 11 rebounds and 5 assists; +6 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Colby Jones's (+7). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Miami Heat 118-119 Washington Wizards (April 13, 2025) was hit by Bub Carrington: a jump shot with 0.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Washington Wizards up 119-118. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Miami Heat 118-119 Washington Wizards (April 13, 2025) was a 11-0 run by the Miami Heat in the fourth quarter (from 3:48 to 8.1 s), from 107-114 to 118-114. The Washington Wizards' best was a 10-0 run in the first quarter (from 4:17 to 1:58), from 17-24 to 27-24.

With 41 points, this is Jaime Jaquez Jr.'s highest-scoring regular-season game of his career.

With 28 points, this is Tristan Vukcevic's highest-scoring regular-season game of his career.

What were the keys of the last Miami Heat vs Washington Wizards game?

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Play: Bub Carrington makes 1-foot two point shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

It is compared by points with all his official NBA box scores in that scope; it is the same criterion the Analyst uses.

Bub Carrington decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Carrington decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

13 April 2025 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401705756:563; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · WAS

Johnson · Carrington · Champagnie · Jones · Vukcevic

Closing lineup · MIA

Jaquez · Rozier · Anderson · Christopher · Johnson

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WAS

AJ Johnson

48′ · +1

Bub Carrington

41′ · -4

Justin Champagnie

39′ · -4

Alex Sarr

16′ · +3

Kyshawn George

15′ · -4

Colby Jones

42′ · +7

Tristan Vukcevic

39′ · +6

MIA

Jaime Jaquez Jr.

41′ · -4

Haywood Highsmith

22′ · +4

Davion Mitchell

20′ · +1

Duncan Robinson

20′ · +1

Kel'el Ware

20′ · +1

Terry Rozier

34′ · -1

Kyle Anderson

28′ · -4

Josh Christopher

28′ · -2

Keshad Johnson

28′ · -1

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. WAS and MIA.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Washington Wizards

Champagnie, Jones, Vukcevic, Carrington, and Johnson played 29.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Jones, Vukcevic, Sarr, George, and Johnson played 6.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Champagnie, Sarr, Carrington, George, and Johnson played 5.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.

Miami Heat

Rozier, Christopher, Jaquez, Johnson, and Anderson played 24.6 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Robinson, Highsmith, Mitchell, Jaquez, and Ware played 13.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Rozier, Robinson, Highsmith, Mitchell, and Ware played 4.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.

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Washington Wizards

Champagnie, Jones, Carrington, George, and Johnson played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Jones, Vukcevic, Sarr, Carrington, and Johnson played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Champagnie, Jones, Vukcevic, Sarr, and Johnson played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

Miami Heat

Rozier, Highsmith, Christopher, Jaquez, and Johnson played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Rozier, Highsmith, Christopher, Johnson, and Anderson played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Rozier, Robinson, Mitchell, Ware, and Anderson played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

AJ Johnson covered 5.95 km, more than anyone in the game.

Bub Carrington touched the ball 92 times, a game high.
Bub Carrington made 72 passes, a game high.
AJ Johnson defended 12 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 10.
Tristan Vukcevic had 22 rebound chances, a game high.

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Washington Wizards

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
AJ Johnson	5.95	7.0	76	57
Colby Jones	5.68	7.6	60	37
Bub Carrington	4.94	6.8	92	72
Justin Champagnie	4.75	6.8	64	45
Tristan Vukcevic	4.33	6.3	61	41
Kyshawn George	1.91	7.2	17	13
Alex Sarr	1.77	6.6	31	22

Miami Heat

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	5.37	7.5	87	53
Terry Rozier	4.22	6.9	73	62
Josh Christopher	3.64	7.2	40	21
Keshad Johnson	3.43	6.9	33	22
Kyle Anderson	3.23	6.5	41

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

Washington Wizards

Alex Sarr contested 9.1 shots per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 14 of 388 in the league.
Tristan Vukcevic drew 0.13 charges per game over his 31 games.
He ranks 26 of 388 in the league.
Justin Champagnie defended 4.0 shots at the rim per game over his 58 games, and opponents made 10 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 13 of 138 in the league.

Miami Heat

Davion Mitchell drew 0.14 charges per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 23 of 388 in the league.
Duncan Robinson drew 0.11 charges per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 32 of 388 in the league.
Haywood Highsmith deflected 2.3 passes per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 63 of 388 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Miami Heat have won 108 of their 156 games against the Washington Wizards.

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Game context

Attendance

19.968

101.9% of capacity

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Scoring

237

combined points

9.3 above the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

17 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors