⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- A 14-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 26 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, 29 free throws to their 47
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 7:28 · ORL 37-42 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q4 4:33 · ORL 92-98 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Hedo Turkoglu misses technical free throw
Q2 6:37 · ORL 33-42 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 26
Q3 1:37 · ORL 59-85 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 2 | Threes made | 10 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 38 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
