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Magic 89 - HEAT 90 Game Recap

The Miami HEAT defeated the Orlando Magic 90-89 Monday night at AmericanAirlines Arena. Rodney McGruder led the way for the HEAT with 19 points. The game was presented by Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida.

1. McGruder Does It All

Although McGruder didn’t start this time around, he certainly made his presence felt against Orlando.

How so?

Well, McGruder either scored or assisted on Miami’s first 15 points in the second quarter, including this sequence where he fed Bam Adebayo for an alley-oop and then knocked down a catch-and-shoot three the next time down the floor:

That wasn’t all though, as the 27-year-old locked-in defensively and made things very tough for Jonathon Simmons early on before shifting his attention to D.