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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: HAPPEL RAINS THREES DOWN ON MIAMI
Miami, FL (AP) - The "magical" season continues for Orlando, now just one win away from an appearance in the NBA finals, thanks to a 102-73 blowout at Miami. The Heat kept it close in the first quarter, but a barrage of three's from the Magic in the second quarter really put some separation between the two teams. And, after halftime, Orlando just kept the foot on the gas, building the lead to more than 20 points. The story of this game was Orlando's three-point shooting, especially in the second quarter. The Magic were on fire, hitting on 8-12 from behind the arc in the second frame - including three in a row by star forward Brian Happel, who had been struggling offensively up to that point.
Happel hits the first of three bombs in a row. Orlando was 8-12 from long range in the 2nd quarter
Happel didn't shoot as well as he normally does, but still managed to connect on more than 50% of his shots (15-28 FG), including 5-9 from downtown. He ended up with 37 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists. He also picked up a steal and blocked two shots. Center Dwight Howard was outstanding down low, scoring 18 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas also had a great game running the point. He scored 18 points on an incredible 7-9 shooting and dished out 7 assists. Reserve Jameer Nelson didn't score, but managed to hand out 8 assists off the bench.
Happel struggled at times close to the basket, but he was still taking it strong all night
LeBron James had his usual game, scoring 28 points and collecting 9 boards. But, Orlando did a tremendous job stopping everyone else. Chris Bosh was held to just 11 points, and Dwayne Wade could only muster 6 points during a terrible night of shooting. Wade only hit 3-18 shots, and missed all three attempts from long distance. While James has been able to get his close to 30 points a game, Magic forward Brian Happel says the team has focused on preventing anyone else from hurting them, "We just started to focus on making our own plays. When LeBron's locked in like that, worrying too much about stopping him is gonna get you nowhere, really."
Miami didn't have good looks all game long thanks to suffocating "D" like this
The series will now shift back to Orlando, where the Magic will have a chance to punch their ticket to the NBA Finals. Meantime, it's do or die time now for the Heat, who now face the tough task of trying to win three games in a row against a very hot Orlando squad. "We can't think about the three games. We'll just take it one game at a time, and see what we can do," said head coach Erik Spolstra.
| May 20, 2012 - ORL at MIA | |||||
| TEAM | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Orlando Magic (11-2) | 24 | 32 | 23 | 23 | 102 |
| Miami Heat (9-8) | 20 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 73 |
| Orlando Magic | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Gilbert Arenas | 28 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| John Salmons | 28 | 3-10 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Brian Happel | 42 | 15-28 | 5-9 | 2-2 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 37 |
| Brandon Bass | 30 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Dwight Howard | 31 | 9-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Jameer Nelson | 28 | 0-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcin Gortat | 19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mack Bledsoe | 14 | 1-5 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DeJuan Blair | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Anderson | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin Richardson | 3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Duhon | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 43-87 | 10-27 | 6-6 | 54 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 102 | |
| Miami Heat | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| M. Chalmers | 39 | 4-14 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| D. Wade | 37 | 3-18 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| L. James | 37 | 10-19 | 0-1 | 8-8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| C. Bosh | 35 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Z. Ilgauskas | 22 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| U. Haslem | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Miller | 17 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| A. Flory | 10 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| F. Garcia | 8 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Nash | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Arroyo | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Beverley | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 29-82 | 3-14 | 12-12 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 73 | |
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