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Gabe Nnamdi Vincent came up clutch as the Miami Heat recorded another clutch win against the Orlando Magic.
The Miami Heat recorded a 107-103 victory against the Orlando Magic in an NBA fixture played in the early hours of Sunday, February 12, 2023.
In a Florida derby, the Miami Heat needed overtime to take down a young Orlando Magic team.
Playing on the second night of a back-to-back, the Miami Heat were down 10 points to the Orlando Magic at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter was back and forth and the Heat were able to cut the Magic lead down to eight points going to the halftime break.
The Heat continued to turn on the pressure in the third quarter but the Magic responded to multiple runs as the lead was cut down to seven.
The Magic were stagnant on offense in the fourth quarter as the Heat produced a run to get back level and force overtime.
The Heat experienced showed in the fourth quarter with clutch buckets from Tyler Herro to seal a four-point win in overtime.
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Gabe Vincent inspires Heat to win against Magic
Nigerian-American professional basketball player Gabriel Nnamdi Vincent was key to the Heat's victory away against the Magic.
Heat Head Coach Erik Spoelstra named Vincent in the starting lineup against the Magic.
Vincent featured for 42 minutes, scored 20 points grabbed two rebounds, and provided two assists and one steal.
He made six of his 12 shots including four of 10 from three-point range and a perfect four from the free throw line.
Gabe Vincent on victory
Speaking after the game, Vincent said, "I just love to win so whatever my team needs me to do for us to win I'm going to do the best of my ability to accomplish that task.
"It's huge it's huge I mean obviously we had those guys that are great at what they do you know some of the best in the business so it's just support them the best way I can and be efficient when my time does come."
"We're battling we're showing a lot of character we're growing day in and day out uh you know it's strange how comfortable we are with these close games."
Following the victory, the Miami Heat wrap up their road trip and return to action against the Denver Nuggets top of the Western Conference on Tuesday, February 14, 2023.
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