⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 3:16 · ORL 29-22 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 2:51 · ORL 98-79 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tracy McGrady missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:50 · ORL 108-100 NY
- Turnover
Darrell Armstrong Lost Ball. Stolen by Charlie Ward
Q4 1:19 · ORL 118-110 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 9:22 · ORL 40-44 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q3 0:41 · ORL 98-87 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kurt Thomas Lost Ball. Stolen by Pat Garrity
Q4 2:00 · ORL 118-110 NY
- Turnover
Latrell Sprewell Out of Bounds
Q4 1:37 · ORL 118-110 NY
📊The numbers
| ORL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 35 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
