⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their six- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twenty
- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 28
- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their five
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q1 7:28 · ORL 27-12 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 17 | Threes made | 6 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 14 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
