The Miami Heat beat the Orlando Magic in a double-overtime thriller led by their main stars Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro as they look to quiet all the noise surrounding the team. On the same day that the Heat suspended Jimmy Butler for an indefinite amount of time,
But instead of those left behind reduced to flailing and failing, the Miami Heat put together one of their best character wins of the season, battling back from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit
Five quick for the Magic – a Wagner stepback three and a strong hook finish from Goga Bitadze – pushed it to 14 to open the fourth. Back to the Adebayo-Ware lineup, Ware immediately hitting his fourth three after that, still an eight-point game with eight to play.
The Miami Heat put together one of their best character wins of the season, battling back from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit to a 125-119 double-overtime victory Monday night over the Orlando
Franz Wagner, playing in just his third game after missing 20 straight with a torn right oblique, led the Magic with 29 points. He again played beyond his original minutes restriction, logging 40 minutes. Paolo Banchero, who played 44 minutes, had an overall rough night, finishing with 17 points on 7-of-21 floor shooting and five turnovers.
In the moment, it appeared as little more than an innocuous substitution as Heat coach Erik Spoelstra cycled through his rotation in the hopes of finding something that would work while down
Tyler Herro scored 30 points, Bam Adebayo finished with 26 and the Miami Heat erased a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter before beating the Orlando Magic 125-119 in double overtime.
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Orlando blew a 14-point lead early in the fourth quarter before turnovers and lack of shotmaking cost them down the stretch at Miami.
MIAMI – The Orlando Magic wasted a 12-point advantage in the final six minutes of regulation, and then a six-point lead in overtime before losing to the Miamt.
On the day that Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler was suspended indefinitely, the team beat the Orlando Magic in the ultimate rollercoaster in double overtime, 125-119. While the goal for the Heat was to downplay the situation away from the team,
In the second OT, Duncan Robinson delivered an alley-oop to Adebayo, and Adebayo drove past Anthony Black for a jam after two Magic misses, putting Miami up four. A Wendell Carter Jr. three-point play pulled Orlando within one, but Kel’El Ware then tapped back a miss to Adebayo, who passed to Herro for a three that put Miami up four with 1:39 left.