⏱️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
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third 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
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q3 5:07 · MIA 89-69 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 7:50 · MIA 12-15 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
