⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
+3Q129-24
+1Q225-23
-7Q320-25
+7Q426-17
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their fifteen- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 20-6 off them
- Won the second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to four
Key battles
16Offensive rebounds4
20Points off turnovers6
29Free throws made11
7Turnovers17
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 2:31 · MIA 29-22 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Juwan Howard Technical Foul
Q2 0:24 · MIA 52-47 ORL
📊The numbers
| MIA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
