⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q4 9:38 · MIA 83-76 ORL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Brian Grant Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q2 2:00 · MIA 45-50 ORL
- Technical
Rod Strickland Technical Foul
Q4 2:36 · MIA 92-82 ORL
- Missed FT
Rod Strickland missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:15 · MIA 99-94 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 10:22 · MIA 6-13 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
