⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to eight- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q2 0:21 · MIA 52-39 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q4 5:23 · MIA 90-72 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Tyler Herro and R.J. Hampton
Q2 7:49 · MIA 26-27 ORL
- Technical
Tyler Herro technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:29 · MIA 72-58 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 1:51 · MIA 91-83 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Franz Wagner misses technical free throw
Q3 0:29 · MIA 72-58 ORL
📊The numbers
| MIA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 17 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
