⏱️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 second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their eighteen
- Beaten inside, 26 points in the paint to 44
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 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 2:51 · ORL 93-105 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 5:24 · ORL 42-50 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q3 2:00 · ORL 68-81 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 15 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 31 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
