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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Heat | 39 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 121 |
 Magic | 38 | 31 | 21 | 35 | 125 |
MIATeam statsORL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | 44-9148.4% | 12-3534.3% | 21-2777.8% | 47 | 26 | 17 |
| ORL | 42-9046.7% | 12-3040.0% | 29-3582.9% | 46 | 23 | 15 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Orlando Magic125| 36 | 24 | 9-17 | 2-5 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +2.3 | ||||||
| 35 | 24 | 7-17 | 1-3 | 9-12 | 0 | −2 | −0.1 | |||||||
| 33 | 23 | 7-18 | 3-6 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −3.7 | ||||||
| 30 | 9 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 5-5 | −7 | −0.4 | ||||||||
| 17 | 14 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +5.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −17 | −7.5 | ||||||
| 23 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −3.3 | |||||
| 19 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | +11 | +7.7 | |||||||
| 18 | 16 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +2.5 | |||
| 7 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.1 | |||
| Team | 125 | 42-9046.7% | 12-3040.0% | 46 | 23 | 15 | 20 | 29-3582.9% | 9 | 8 | 7 | |||
Bench 31 points on 11 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Jett Howard, Jase Richardson and Noah Penda (coach’s decision).
Miami Heat121| 36 | 28 | 9-19 | 4-8 | 6-7 | +12 | +3.8 | ||||||||
| 35 | 16 | 7-15 | 2-6 | 0-0 | +2 | +6.3 | ||||||||
| 34 | 15 | 4-13 | 1-5 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −6.2 | ||||||
| 32 | 18 | 6-12 | 1-5 | 5-7 | 0 | −21 | −1.6 | |||||||
| 23 | 9 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −5.5 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 13 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | −1 | +0.9 | |||||||
| 19 | 13 | 6-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +0.6 | ||||||
| 14 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 | +1.1 | |||||||
| 13 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.7 | ||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.6 | ||
| Team | 121 | 44-9148.4% | 12-3534.3% | 47 | 26 | 17 | 28 | 21-2777.8% | 10 | 9 | 4 | |||
Bench 35 points on 16 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Keshad Johnson, Vladislav Goldin, Myron Gardner and Terry Rozier (coach’s decision).
Magic125Heat121ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
The Orlando Magic beat the Miami Heat 125-121 in the season opener for both teams at Kia Center.
Jalen Suggs’ 11-foot fadeaway put the Magic ahead for good with 58 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Heat got within 123-121 on Norman Powell’s driving dunk with 30 seconds to play, but Wendell Carter Jr. answered with 2 free throws, and the Heat got no closer.
Carter’s 2 free throws with 6.1 seconds left made it 125-121 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Magic outscored the Heat 18-10. Carter (No. 8 in clutch wins added, 2025-26) scored 7 of the Magic’s 18 on 1 for 1 shooting and 5 for 5 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Davion Mitchell had 4 of his 12 assists, all with the game within 5 points.
Franz Wagner had 24 points (14 in the paint) and 6 assists. Paolo Banchero added 24 points and 11 rebounds. Desmond Bane added 23 points (10 in the first quarter) in his first game with the Magic, and Suggs scored 14 points. The Magic had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Heat, Powell had 28 points and 9 rebounds in his first game with the Heat. Mitchell had 16 points and 12 assists.
The Heat committed 19 turnovers to the Magic’s 15. The Heat outscored the Magic 24-14 in 9 minutes with Powell, Adebayo, Mitchell, Jović and Jaquez on the floor together.
Orlando MagicMiami HeatPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Magic’s chance bottomed out at 15% (4th quarter, 6:44 left).
96 points from the field on 90 shots: 4.1 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 24-33 | 72.7% | 67% |
| In the paint | 4-14 | 28.6% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 2-13 | 15.4% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-9 | 22.2% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-21 | 47.6% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wiggins | 24 | 5 | 1-4 | −4 |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | 24 | 6 | 3-5 | −3 |
| Pelle Larsson | 7 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Simone Fontecchio | 6 | 4 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 5 | 2-5 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 30 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jović | 20 | 6 | 2-4 | −2 |
| Bam Adebayo | 19 | 3 | 1-3 | −5 |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | 14 | 0 | 0-1 | −5 |
| Davion Mitchell | 8 | 7 | 2-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 8 | 2-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 78 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davion Mitchell | 33 | 7 | 2-5 | −3 |
| Norman Powell | 11 | 2 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Nikola Jović | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 9 | 3-8 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
Score margin over time — positive = ORL leads, negative = MIA leads
ORL Largest Lead
7
Q2 6:48
MIA Largest Lead
12
Q1 2:24
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
MIA 10-0 run
Q1 11:28 – Q1 10:30
+2 → -8
MIA 10-0 run
Q1 5:13 – Q1 2:48
-1 → -11
ORL 11-0 run
Q1 2:10 – Q1 0:41
-12 → -1
ORL 11-0 run
Q2 8:26 – Q2 6:48
-4 → +7
