⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 34- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their twenty
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 6:43 · ORL 40-49 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 1:31 · ORL 67-79 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 33 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
