Magic Trick Heat

     The Miami Heat blew a 22-point lead at the start of the fourth quarter and lost to the Orlando Magic 121-114 at Kia Center on Saturday night. The Heat were playing one of their last games before the holiday break. 

     Miami(13-13) rocketed out to a 40-28 lead by the end of the first quarter. The Heat continued their dominance in the second quarter and had a 76-56 halftime lead. 

     It remained the same as Miami was up 106-84 at the conclusion of the third quarter. It was an outrageous turnaround as Orlando(18-12) outscored the Heat 37-8 during the fourth quarter to shockingly win the contest. The Magic moved ahead 110-109 with 2:43 left in the final quarter. 

     Bam Adebayo and Terry Rozier shared the scoring output with a team-high 23 points each. Tyler Herro was able to contribute 22 points for Miami. 

     Cole Anthony came off the bench for Orlando with a game-high 35 points along with nine assists. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope dropped in 24 points.