The Magic are rebooting by offering themselves a new Florida Derby

Finding success again became urgent for Magicand he used his short trip to Miami to accomplish this. Orlando won Wednesday indoors Heat in the offensive game (124-133) and unrelated.

Miami starts the match well, with an outside success for Andrew Wiggins, Bam Adebayo etc Norman Powell. Everyone does their part in the attack, and the home team commits two fouls in quick succession. Anthony Black then yes Jalen Suggs. Beginner Kaspars Yakutsionis allows himself to steal the ball in the hands usually so safe Tyus Jones and the Heat hit the ground running with 17 points after five minutes (17-13).

Heatstroke by Simone Fontecchio

But this great dynamic doesn’t last, especially due to the lack of an offensive leader capable of creating solutions. Meanwhile, the Magic are waking up defensively with the arrival of Jonathan Isaac and Tristan Da Silva. Orlando breaks free and scores baskets on the counterattack in 36 seconds! With a 16-2 lead, the guests made the first deficit (21-34, 12′).

The offensive spark is finally coming from the Miami bench. Duo Simone Fontecchio – Drew Smith takes care of everything, while Magic gets back on track with Wendell Carter Jr forced to join the bench with three fouls after just 14 minutes of play.

The Heat’s improvement continues thanks to a red-hot Fontecchio, the author of 14 points in five minutes! The Italian winger almost single-handedly gets his team back into the game as the Magic leaders rest. Kel’el Wareback in the game, the score is 24-7 and Miami is building. Fontecchio continues his festival of the first period with a long shot with the scoreboard: Erik Spoelstra’s players turn the game around and return to the locker room with a nine-point lead (68-59).

Magic, the lord of the series’ laws

This beautiful impression will end up being short-lived. Just three minutes after the restart, Orlando has already found its sticks and leaves the Heat there. Magic is a little sloppy at times, but the momentum is working in their favor. Paolo Banchero takes control of operations and orchestrates the play of his team. Orlando takes an 18-7 lead to start the quarter and doesn’t let up. Once again, the duo Da Silva – Isak works quite well in the rotation, and this time the visitors shot from behind the arc for 14-4, making the Heat a little bigger (85-95).

Miami definitely reacts and relies like in the second quarter on the exceptional Simone Fontecchio. He is joined this time by Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Bam Adebayo, one of the few convincing starters on Wednesday. The All-Star interior speaks to his long-distance prowess and continues this run with a 19-8 Heat to get back within three lengths with just over eight minutes left (104-107). But chasing a score, the locals booed and quit almost as quickly as they got back into the game. A good pass from Jalen Suggs and the talent of the main three Paolo Banchero (31 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists), Anthony Black (26 points on 11/19, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals), Desmond Bain (23 points on 10/16, 5 rebounds, 14 assists) is enough gap-12. The final possession by Norman Powell came too late for the Heat, getting back to within six points with 1’25” to play, but moving too far to sign the jam.

WHAT TO REMEMBER

– Showing desire in the 3rd quarter for the Magic. Upset by conceding 41 points in the second quarter, Orlando got their heads straight at the break. The results were spectacular: complete dominance with a newfound defense (seven turnovers), aggressiveness raised by three degrees (six offensive rebounds) and leading offensives (30 points for the Banchero-Crni-Bane trio). This 40-20 in the third quarter decided the fate of the match, and Magic showed its best face.

– Kel’el Ware played again (a little). Hit in the hamstring, the young Heat interior returned after a four-game absence. A fairly minimalistic return as he was only allowed 6’40” of action (4 points on 2/5, 4 rebounds, 1 block), including only two in the third act, while the Magic were going very poorly with the racket. Erik Spoelstra explained that he wanted to gradually get him back into the swing of things… And believe that his rotation in recent matchups could be the story of the Beach again.

– Florida is blue. The third clash of the season between the two franchises in Florida turned again in favor of the Magic, confident that they could turn in their favor against their neighbors. This win after four straight losses is more symbolic as it allows Orlando to move past the night’s victim to 7th place in the Eastern Conference.

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How to read statistics? Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; O = offensive rebound; D=defensive jump; T = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; +/- = point difference when the player is on the court; Points = Points; Rating: player rating calculated based on positive actions – negative actions.