⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, ten of nineteen from three
- A 14-0 run took them from 3 down to 11 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 22-8 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 8:26 · MIA 14-8 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 8:11 · MIA 29-32 ORL
- Go-ahead
Dwyane Wade hit a driving layup
Q4 2:50 · MIA 92-91 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:43 · MIA 92-97 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 4:58 · MIA 16-18 ORL
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 3 down to 11 up
Q1 1:24 · MIA 21-32 ORL
- Winner
Rashard Lewis hit a 23-foot three jumper, Courtney Lee with the assist
Q4 1:31 · MIA 92-95 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Hedo Turkoglu misses technical free throw
Q2 11:22 · MIA 21-26 ORL
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:31 · MIA 92-91 ORL
- Turnover
Hedo Turkoglu lost ball
Q4 2:00 · MIA 92-92 ORL
📊The numbers
| MIA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
