Betting Results:
Head to Head: Heat, odds 1.968
Line: Heat (+1.5), odds 1.879
Total Points: Under (208.5), odds 1.905

Pre-game Prediction:
Heat, 48.6%
Magic, 51.4%

We tipped Orlando to win this game and beat the spread (-1.5), however a fourth quarter surge by Miami saw the tip lose. However we also tipped two player prop bets which both won, so were able to deliver a small betting profit on the game.

Herro makes go-ahead jumper with 0.5 seconds left as Heat beat Magic 89-88

By DICK SCANLON AP Basketball Writer The Associated Press ORLANDO

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tyler Herro hit a 19-foot jumper with 0.5 seconds left Thursday night to give the Miami Heat an 89-88 win over the Orlando Magic.

Jalen Suggs, who scored 29 points for the Magic, missed a long jumper at the buzzer.

Herro finished with 20 points to help the Heat come back from an early 17-point deficit and avenge a loss to the Magic last Friday in which they squandered a 22-point fourth-quarter lead.

Alec Burks scored 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter for Miami, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 15 points.

Tristan da Silva had 18 points and six rebounds for the Magic.

Takeaways

Heat: Playing a third straight game without Jimmy Butler, and five days after squandering a 25-point lead in Orlando, the Heat shot 15 for 30 on 3-pointers and made six in the fourth quarter.

Magic: In the third of five straight home games, the Magic managed only 88 points after scoring 31 in the first quarter. They shot 5 for 29 from 3-point range, staying at the bottom of the NBA in that category.

Key moment

A tip-in by Goga Bitadze regained a one-point lead for the Magic with 4.9 seconds left, but they left just enough time for Herro to dribble to an open spot and hit the game-winning shot.

Key stat

The Heat fell behind 14-0 by committing five turnovers and missing their first five shots. But the Magic finished the game with 23 turnovers, including nine in the fourth quarter, to Miami’s 21.

This is how we previewed this game....

With just three and a half hours (drive) separating Miami and Orlando, this game is sure to be a feisty local "derby". Following on from Orlando's record breaking 4th quarter comeback a few days ago, this will fire Miami up a few extra notches. Will it help?

Miami sit 3 games behind Orlando, both teams have a 5-5 record in their last 10. However Orlando's 10-2 home record vs Miami's 4-8 road record so far is enough to strongly suggest an Orlando win in this game, even with a depleted team due to long injury list.

We've taken a peak at the main online NBA tipping sites to see what they are forecasting, saving you a job this Christmas!

Dimers - forecasting a 105-104 win for Orlando, and tipping Magic -1.5 as the bet.
Clutch Points - tbc
Pickswise - tbc
Sportskeeda - tbc
Betting Odds - tipping Miami to win the game, and a bet on such on the moneyline.
Sportsline - predicting an easy win for Orlando, 108-100, so logically a strong bet on Orlando on the moneyline is advised.

Our analysis suggests that Orlando will be too strong for Miami, and as such we are going with a line bet.

A strong fourth quarter saw Miami win this extremely tight game by 1 point, the fact that the Heat's "Time Spent in the Lead" was 6 minutes and 31 seconds, and was all Q4, shows how poorly Orlando finished the game. Our game tip therefore lost. 

Our player prop bet tips are further down this page