⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 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 sixteen threes to their ten- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen
- Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 20
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 32
A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7 in the second 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 cut a 19-point deficit to 7
Q2 7:26 · ORL 36-43 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 8
Q4 9:58 · ORL 84-92 MIA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jonathon Simmons flagrant foul type 1
Q4 6:44 · ORL 84-94 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 9:19 · ORL 6-16 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q1 0:43 · ORL 18-36 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 7:44 · ORL 56-75 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 16 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 15 | Assists | 27 |
| 20 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
