⏱️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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 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 twelve threes to their three
They went cold, three of sixteen from three
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the fourth quarter
Lost the glass, 33 rebounds to 44
Beaten inside, 26 points in the paint to 52
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q3 2:35 · ORL 69-68 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Evan Fournier lost ball turnover
Q4 4:35 · ORL 79-85 MIA
- Turnover
Victor Oladipo bad pass
Q4 3:39 · ORL 81-89 MIA
- Turnover
Evan Fournier steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 0:21 · ORL 92-97 MIA

Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 7:16 · ORL 10-16 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q4 10:11 · ORL 77-82 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q4 4:58 · ORL 83-94 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mario Chalmers traveling
Q4 0:38 · ORL 90-96 MIA
- Missed FT
Mario Chalmers misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:24 · ORL 92-97 MIA
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 3 | Threes made | 12 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |







