Fansided · Oct 14, 2015
Orlando Magic Grades: Orlando Magic 95, Miami Heat 92
The Orlando Magic played an undermanned Miami Heat team and welcomed Aaron Gordon back to the lineup in a home preseason win.
The Orlando Magic saw the Miami Heat. Or they saw something resembling the Miami Heat. They had the same jerseys at least.
Miami played without Chris Bosh, Goran Dragic, Dwyane Wade and Amar’e Stoudemire leaving a roster that was devoid of the Heat’s likely starting lineup and few of their rotation players. So everything that occurred Tuesday should be taken with some grains of salt.
Orlando dominated defensively, holding Miami to 38.5 percent shooting for the game. But the Magic could not hit a shot themselves and the game stayed within a relatively tight margin.