⏱️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 worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 20-6 off them- Made six threes to their twelve
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 5:46 · MIA 21-9 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 10:27 · MIA 95-77 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q2 4:48 · MIA 47-38 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Moritz Wagner and Dewayne Dedmon
Q1 0:19 · MIA 27-15 ORL
📊The numbers
| MIA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
