NBA result: Magic excels in overtime to dispatch Heat

Basketball
Published 12.03.2023
NBA result: Magic excels in overtime to dispatch Heat

Wendell Carter Jr. recorded a double-double of 27 factors and 11 rebounds to steer seven scorers in double figures because the Orlando Magic pulled off a 126-114 time beyond regulation victory towards the visiting Miami Heat on Saturday.

Orlando dominated the additional interval, capturing 7-for-9 from the ground. Miami went 2-for-4.

Carter, Jalen Suggs and Cole Anthony every sank 3-pointers in time beyond regulation to assist seal the win. Suggs and Anthony completed with 16 factors apiece.

Franz Wagner and Paolo Banchero every added 17 factors, Markelle Fultz scored 12 factors and dished out eight assists and Gary Harris chipped in 11 factors.

Banchero was simply shy of a triple-double, grabbing 10 rebounds and including a game-high 9 assists.

Miami’s Jimmy Butler led all scorers with 38 factors and was answerable for forcing time beyond regulation.

With Miami trailing 106-103 and 14.5 seconds remaining, Banchero was referred to as for a foul on Butler’s 3-point try. Video overview overturned the decision, as a substitute leading to a Kyle Lowry layup.

After a pair of Suggs foul photographs pushed the Magic lead again to 3 factors, Butler bought one other likelihood at a game-tying 3-pointer. He delivered, forcing time beyond regulation with a double-clutching jumper over two Orlando defenders.

Butler’s game-tying basket was the fruits of a livid rally for the Heat within the closing quarter. Miami trailed by as many as 15 factors with 6:03 to go in regulation.

Butler scored seven straight factors over one stretch and 10 of 12 throughout a 12-0 run for the Heat. He ran off 15 factors within the closing 5:46 of regulation, capped along with his buzzer-beating 3-pointer.

From there, nonetheless, it was all Magic within the 18-6 closing body.

Five Heat scorers completed in double figures, with Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro every going for 14 factors. Gabe Vincent added 13 factors, and Lowry completed with 12 off the bench.

The Heat shot simply 11-for-37 from 3-point vary for the sport and dedicated 17 turnovers that the Magic transformed into 22 factors.