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National Basketball Association
Orlando 136, Miami 130
When: 7:30 PM ET, Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Where: American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida
Officials: #56 Mark Ayotte, #50 Gediminas Petraitis, #60 James Williams
Attendance: 19600

MIAMI -- The Orlando Magic continue to enjoy the comforts of road arenas.

Two nights after an embarrassing 30-point home loss against Toronto, the Magic rallied from late deficits and defeated the Miami Heat 136-130 in double overtime on Tuesday night.

Nikola Vucevic and Evan Fournier scored 26 points apiece to lead the Magic, who are now 8-7 on the road yet 5-10 at home.

"I don't know. Maybe we like the challenge of winning on the road because the worst is expected," Fournier said. "It's hard to say why. We definitely should have more confidence at home."

Fournier's 3-pointer with 1:26 remaining in the second overtime gave the Magic the lead for good at 126-123. Serge Ibaka's jumper with 53 seconds left increased it to 128-123.

Elfrid Payton scored 22 points and Ibaka scored 20 and made 4 of 5 from 3-point range for the Magic (13-17). Vucevic also grabbed 12 rebounds.

The 136 points were the most Orlando has scored in its 27-year rivalry against its in-state rival.

"Of course we were very disappointed how we responded in getting down against Toronto," Orlando coach Frank Vogel said. "We gave in in that game, and that was the challenge that was presented to each guy every time we got down tonight: 'Are we going to give or are we going to fight?' And our guys responded in a big-time way."

The Magic rallied twice from late deficits to force the two overtime sessions.

Jeff Green's two free throws with 13.6 seconds left tied it at 119. Miami missed 4 of 5 free throws in the first overtime, including two from Goran Dragic in the final 17 seconds.

Justise Winslow's short jumper with 1:24 remaining in overtime gave the Heat a 117-113 lead.

Hassan Whiteside and Tyler Johnson scored 32 points apiece for Miami, which is 4-11 at home. Whiteside shot 14 of 22 and finished with 15 rebounds and five blocked shots.

"That was the most disappointing loss of the season because we had so many chances to win that game," Whiteside said.

Ibaka's bank shot off an offensive rebound with 1.1 seconds remaining in regulation tied it at 109. Dragic's game-winning attempt from 3-point range bounced off the side of the backboard.

"You can't only win games on one side of the floor," Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. "We needed to get some stops. We feel we've been building our defense for those moments -- to get consecutive stops when you have the lead."

The Magic rallied from a five-point deficit with a 6-1 run in the final 48 seconds of regulation.

Fournier's layup with 38.9 seconds left cut Miami's lead to 108-105. After Johnson's missed jumper, Green's layup with 14.1 seconds left put the Magic within one.

Miami had an opportunity to increase the lead to three but Josh Richardson split his two free throws with 10 seconds left.

The Heat converted 14 of their first 16 free throws but just four of their final 10.

"It's tough; I think we just have to keep practicing," Richardson said of Miami's late free throw struggles. "We have been getting a little bit better at them than we had earlier in the season."

The Heat and Magic exchanged leads 20 times in the first half before Miami outscored Orlando 15-2 during a 4:16 stretch in the second period. James Johnson's 3-pointer with 2:07 remaining ended the run and increased the Heat's lead to 58-46.

Johnson' layup with 10 seconds left in the quarter gave Miami a 64-57 lead at halftime.

"Good win. We fought hard," Fournier said. "We weren't very happy about the first half. We talked about it in the locker room. We came out more aggressive, trying to get into our stuff offensively.

"We kept fighting and it paid off for us."

NOTES: Miami F Justise Winslow made his first start since missing 16 games with a sprained left wrist. Winslow appeared in three games as a reserve after being activated Dec. 14. ... G Rodney McGruder sat out because of a left ankle sprain he aggravated in Miami's loss to Boston on Sunday night. McGruder first injured the ankle against Atlanta on Dec. 7, but he played in the Heat's next six games. ... Recently recalled G C.J. Wilcox and C Stephen Zimmerman were the Magic's inactive players against Miami. Wilcox and Zimmerman rejoined the Magic after being recalled from the club's NBA Developmental League affiliate Erie Bay Hawks on Monday. ... The Magic opened a two-game trip Tuesday that briefly interrupts a home-tilted schedule the final two weeks of December.
Top Game Performances
 
Orlando   Miami
Evan Fournier 26 Scoring Tyler Johnson 32
D.J. Augustin 6 Assists James Johnson 6
Nikola Vucevic 12 Rebounds Hassan Whiteside 15
Jeff Green 6 Free Throws Made Goran Dragic 4
Jeff Green 1 Steals Tyler Johnson 3
Nikola Vucevic 2 Blocks Hassan Whiteside 5
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Orlando 136 49.5 11-22 21-31 24 47 5 3 11
Miami 130 46.3 12-30 18-26 22 48 6 4 12
Upcoming Games
  • Miami will play their next game at home against L.A. Lakers. The Heat have a W/L % of .333 after a win and .300 after a loss.
  • Orlando will play their next game on the road against New York. The Magic have a W/L % of .385 after a win and .471 after a loss.