⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of 21 from three- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 21-10 off them
- Lost the glass, 38 rebounds to 50
A 12-0 run dragged them back level in the first quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 8:47 · ORL 32-22 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q4 4:54 · ORL 74-67 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 0:30 · ORL 22-22 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 2:39 · ORL 57-53 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kenny Thomas Traveling
Q4 3:59 · ORL 69-67 HOU
- Missed FT
Steve Francis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:34 · ORL 74-68 HOU
- Turnover
Kelvin Cato Lost Ball
Q4 2:00 · ORL 76-68 HOU
📊The numbers
| ORL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 17 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
