⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty- Lost the glass, 25 rebounds to 37
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 0:46 · MIA 70-75 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Gary Payton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:42 · MIA 37-51 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:52 · MIA 2-8 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 7:41 · MIA 6-16 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 0:01 · MIA 43-61 ORL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Tony Battie flagrant foul type 1 (Udonis Haslem draws the foul)
Q2 4:07 · MIA 32-44 ORL
📊The numbers
| MIA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 18 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
