⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 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 five- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 38
- A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17 in the third quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q3 5:16 · ORL 73-56 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 3:06 · ORL 53-52 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 8:22 · ORL 84-74 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 17 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
