⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 32 from three
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 16-8 off them
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the first 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Paolo Banchero bad pass
Q4 0:43 · ORL 115-108 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q1 11:31 · ORL 0-15 MIA
- Steal
Norman Powell stole it from Paolo Banchero
Q4 0:43 · ORL 115-108 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 30 | Assists | 25 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
