⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eighteen- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 36
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 11:05 · ORL 89-69 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Wendell Carter Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 10:38 · ORL 24-22 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
