But after having his way for most of the night, Wade -- who's clocked at least 38 minutes in each of his last three outings, including Friday -- went cold in the 86-76 loss.

He took just three shots and failed to score a point in the final quarter. Including the final minutes of the third quarter, the league's leading scorer was scoreless for the final 15:46 of the game.

It left him to only watch as the Heat failed to make a huge early statement in the Eastern Conference's Southeast Division.

"They were all doubling, but we knew what [Magic Coach] Stan [Van Gundy] was going to do," Wade said of his quiet quarter. "It is no secret that after awhile he was going to send guys. We got shots but they didn't fall . . . I gave up the ball and we made shots the other night [against Cleveland].

"We live and die by it."

Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra said Wade's lack of shots wasn't just on him. He said that the "details of setting screens and spacing and execution" failed his team the most down the stretch.

He lamented it more considering the Heat held the Magic to just 38 percent overall and 29.6 percent from the 3-point line.

Meanwhile, Orlando had 20 more free-throw attempts than the Miami.

"It was really tough to get into a rhythm offensively when they are just sitting at the free-throw line the whole time," Spoelstra said.

Even with the good defense the Magic showed in making other players take shots in the final quarter, Van Gundy said his team was unsuccessful in its pregame plan on Wade.

Still, Magic center Dwight Howard said anytime you can make a prolific scorer put up a goose egg, they would take it.

"He was hot for three quarters and I think we picked our defense up a little bit and started getting into him and making him take tougher shots," he said. "We got a good win."