MIAMI, Fla. – The Orlando Magic lost their game to the Miami Heat on Friday night after Jimmy Butler scored 29 points and Bam Adebayo landed another 20, ending the game in a 110-105 loss for the Magic.
Max Strus had 17 points, 15 of them with 3 points, for Miami — who went 28-22 to a season-high six-game over .500. Caleb Martin scored 13 points, Gabe Vincent 11 and Tyler Herro 10 for the Heat.
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Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner and Cole Anthony all had 19 points for the Magic, while Wendell Carter Jr. added 16 and Markelle Fultz added 10 points. Orlando is 14-10 in their last 24 games after starting the season 5-20.
Sales simply doomed the Magic. They had 20 compared to Miami’s 11 – and the Heat turned Orlando’s freebies into 32 points. Orlando made 13 of Miami’s turnovers.
Strus’ 3-pointer with 3:01 left in the third put Miami 73-69. The rest of the neighborhood was all of Orlando. The Magic closed out the third with a 10-0 run, then scored the first of the fourth to take an 81-73 lead after a dunk by Moritz Wagner.
And then momentum returned straight to Miami. The Heat scored 19 of the next 25 points to go 92-87, setting up another down-to-the-wire finish – the subject of this now-concluded three-game Miami homestand.
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