⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 16 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, 29 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 31
- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 10
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 stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 5:54 · ORL 62-43 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Antoine Walker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:45 · ORL 71-51 MIA
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
