⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 26- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 23
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brian Grant missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q1 7:47 · MIA 10-9 ORL
- Technical
Technical Foul
Q1 5:47 · MIA 15-11 ORL
- Technical
Technical Foul
Q4 11:16 · MIA 80-72 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Darrell Armstrong Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q1 7:47 · MIA 10-9 ORL
- Missed FT
Troy Hudson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 11:16 · MIA 80-72 ORL
📊The numbers
| MIA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
