⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Won the glass, 28 rebounds to 17
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 31-16 off them
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:21 · MIA 14-8 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 11:48 · MIA 35-28 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q4 9:38 · MIA 87-84 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade turnover
Q4 1:38 · MIA 101-96 ORL
- Turnover
Udonis Haslem bad pass
OT 3:43 · MIA 107-109 ORL
- Turnover
Ricky Davis bad pass
OT 0:32 · MIA 114-116 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 3:15 · MIA 73-78 ORL
- Go-ahead
Rashard Lewis hit a 26-foot three jumper, Carlos Arroyo with the assist
Q4 0:31 · MIA 102-103 ORL
- Lead
Carlos Arroyo hit a jumper
OT 3:53 · MIA 107-109 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 4:30 · MIA 94-91 ORL
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:41 · MIA 102-100 ORL
- Turnover
Dwight Howard turnover
OT 2:41 · MIA 107-112 ORL
📊The numbers
| MIA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 80 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
