⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 42 points inside to 26- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the second quarter
- Made three threes to their eleven
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 25
A 13-0 run took them from 11 down to 2 up in the first quarter
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 1 down to 7 up
Q1 9:17 · MIA 12-5 ORL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q2 8:00 · MIA 36-27 ORL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q3 1:30 · MIA 74-54 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
LeBron James technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:25 · MIA 74-56 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 11 down to 2 up
Q1 3:32 · MIA 22-24 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Von Wafer misses technical free throw
Q4 10:25 · MIA 74-56 ORL
📊The numbers
| MIA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 3 | Threes made | 11 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 15 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
