⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 33
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 23-6 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 15 fast break points to 3
- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the second quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q1 6:33 · ORL 20-14 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q2 9:37 · ORL 44-31 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Hedo Turkoglu misses technical free throw
Q1 1:36 · ORL 25-25 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Udonis Haslem technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 7:18 · ORL 37-31 MIA
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
