WASHINGTON – Kelly Olynyk certainly was not counting on Dwyane Wade to miss. When Wade did, Olynyk was in the perfect spot.

Olynyk grabbed the rebound off Wade's wandering turnaround jumper and layed in the go-ahead basket with 0.2 seconds left Thursday night, facelift the Miami Heat to a ragged 113-112 victory over the Washington Wizards, who probably could used sidelined center Dwight Howard's rebounding skills in their season opener.

Olynyk was all time he touched the ball, on account of the playoff with the Wizards when he was with the Boston Celtics. He certainly got to enjoy the way this game ended, after Miami trailed by as many as nine points.

"As a rebounder, you got to assume a miss, but I thought he was going to make it, for sure," Olynyk said. "I was surprised I was just going right, right place, right time."

It was a fitting conclusion to a game in which Miami overshoot Washington 55-40 overall and a "Did I read that correctly ?!" 22-7 on the offensive glass, leading to a 27-10 edge in second-chance points.

"That's really where they killed us," said John Wall, who led the Wizards with 26 points and nine assists and combined with Bradley Beal to score the hosts' last eight points.

"Anytime you're going down the drain … that's very devastating," Wall said.

With new starting center Howard still sidelined by a backpacker Ian Mahinmi on the bench, Washington's small-ball lineup was unable to prevent Olynyck, a 7-footer, from getting the rebound that settled things.

The 6-foot-10 Markieff Morris, normally a power forward, was at center. Morris pointed at himself and 6-9 reserve Jeff Green as the culprits for letting Olynyk into the unencumbered bread.

"That might have been the easiest layup of the game," Morris said.

Green's take?

"We've got to find a way to grab that rebound," he said. "They outhustled us, that's pretty much it."

And that's why the Wizards were playing their first game at home, while the Heat was playing on the second night of a back-to-back Orlando on Wednesday.

"NBA did not do favors at all," said Wade, who shot a combined 7 for 24 in Games 1 and 2, "but we figured out a way to get a win."

TIP-INS

Heat: Josh Richardson led Miami with 28 points, Rodney McGruder added 20, and that hit success 3s late in the fourth quarter. … Coach Eric Spoelstra was asked beforehand about Wade, 36, appearing in both ends of the season-opening back-to-back. "Right now, it's Game 2. He wants to play, we want him to play," Spoelstra said. "And he's in great shape, he feels good, so he's able to go." … Derrick Jones Jr. scored 17 points, while Hassan Whiteside had nine points and 10 rebounds.

Wizards: Ian Mahnimi started for Howard, but picked up his fourth foul 15 seconds into the third quarter. By quarter's end, Four Wizards – three starters – each had four personal fouls. Mahinmi ended up playing about 11 1/2 minutes, with three points and one rebound. … F Kelly Oubre Jr. was the first substitute used by Washington, entering for Otto Porter Jr. midway through the first quarter.

WHERE ARE THE 3S?

Wizards coach Scott Brooks put an emphasis on pleading with his players to shoot more 3s this season. Did not work. At least not in Game 1. Washington was only 7 for 26 from beyond the arc. Porter, who was especially given a green light by Brooks did not attempt a single 3. "Other than offensive rebounds and missing 3s, I think we should have won the game," Wall said. Oh, other than that, Mr. Wall, how was the play?

TOLIVER'S START

WNBA All-Star Kristi Toliver made her regular-season debut as an assistant coach on Scott Brooks' staff. "I love her, our staff loves her, our players feel the same way," Brooks said. She loves the game She's passionate She's passionate and she wants to learn.

UP NEXT:

Heat: Host Charlotte on Saturday.

Wizards: Host Toronto on Saturday in rematch of last season's playoffs.