⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 18-8 off them- A 16-0 run took them from 11 down to 5 up in the fourth quarter
- Made six threes to their fourteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 5:52 · ORL 37-38 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q4 2:47 · ORL 98-95 MIA
- Lead
Vince Carter hit a 27-foot three jumper, Rashard Lewis with the assist
Q4 0:14 · ORL 98-95 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · ORL 98-97 MIA
- Missed FT
Jason Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:09 · ORL 98-97 MIA
- Turnover
Matt Barnes bad pass
Q4 0:00 · ORL 98-99 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 8:56 · ORL 29-38 MIA
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 11 down to 5 up
Q4 7:24 · ORL 86-91 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:16 · ORL 41-39 MIA
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:09 · ORL 56-51 MIA
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 14 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 19 | Assists | 12 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
