⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 24-11 off them- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 in the fourth 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q4 9:41 · MIA 104-107 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q1 2:55 · MIA 21-34 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 11:18 · MIA 70-68 ORL
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q4 8:16 · MIA 104-121 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paolo Banchero misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:06 · MIA 122-128 ORL
📊The numbers
| MIA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 15 | Threes made | 16 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 36 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
