Orlando Magic @ Miami Heat
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET
Kaseya Center, Miami, FL | Game ID: 22400065
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MIA 32 22 18 25 97ORL 32 26 39 19 116
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Banchero scores 33, Magic roll in 2nd half to beat Heat 116-97 on opening night
MIAMI -- — Paolo Banchero scored 33 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Franz Wagner scored 23 and the Orlando Magic rolled past the Miami Heat 116-97 on Wednesday night in the opener for both teams.
Gary Harris added 18 for Orlando, all on 3-pointers. The Magic were 18 of 49 from 3-point range.
Terry Rozier scored 19 for Miami, which celebrated “Pat Riley Court” night with a halftime ceremony. Nikola Jovic scored 15 and Tyler Herro added 14 for the Heat.
Orlando led by as many as 32 in the second half.
Takeaways Magic: Orlando's high for 3-pointers attempted in a first half last season was 23. The Magic tried 27 before halftime on Wednesday, a clear sign that they see the 3-pointer as more of an option this season. The Magic made a league-low 903 3s last season.
Heat: Jimmy Butler was 1 for 8 from the field and scored three points. It's the fifth time in his career that he played at least 24 minutes and scored three points or less.
Key moment The whole third quarter was a moment for the Magic. Orlando outscored Miami by 21 points in the third, 39-18. It was the most lopsided third quarter on the road for the Magic since Feb. 7, 2010, when they outscored Boston by 25 on the way to a 96-89 win.
Key stat Banchero had the sixth instance of an Orlando player scoring at least 30 in a season opener. Tracy McGrady did it twice and Shaquille O'Neal, Nick Anderson and Anfernee Hardaway did it once. Anderson (1992) and O'Neal (1993) each scored 42 for the Magic opening night record. Banchero is now No. 3 on that list with his 33-point effort.
Up next Orlando plays its home opener Friday night against Brooklyn. Miami goes to Charlotte on Saturday night.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MIABA B. Adebayo
BU Butler
DR D. Robinson
DS D. Smith
HH H. Highsmith
JB J. Butler III
JJ J. Jaquez Jr.
KW K. Ware
NJ N. Jović
PL P. Larsson
TB T. Bryant
TH T. Herro
TR T. Rozier
ORLAB A. Black
CA C. Anthony
CH C. Houstan
CJ C. Joseph
FW F. Wagner
GB G. Bitadze
GH G. Harris
JH J. Howard
JI J. Isaac
JS J. Suggs
KC K. Caldwell-Pope
MW M. Wagner
PB P. Banchero
TD T. da Silva
WC W. Carter Jr.
MIA/ORL the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur