⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 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, 30 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 0:44 · ORL 30-24 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 2:27 · ORL 52-45 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 1:53 · ORL 96-80 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:23 · ORL 64-61 MIA
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 17 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 1 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
