⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 9:42 · HOU 61-73 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Terence Morris missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:41 · HOU 91-99 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 15 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
