⏱️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
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up 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.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 2:30 · NY 44-50 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kurt Thomas Technical Foul
Q1 7:37 · NY 9-13 ORL
- Technical
Clarence Weatherspoon Double Technical Foul. Pat Garrity gains possession.
Q3 1:50 · NY 69-68 ORL
- Turnover
Kurt Thomas Lost Ball
Q4 0:03 · NY 85-86 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 0:00 · NY 26-38 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 7:50 · NY 28-46 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Pat Garrity missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:46 · NY 79-84 ORL
- Turnover
Shawn Kemp 3 second
Q4 2:13 · NY 81-84 ORL
- Missed FT
Darrell Armstrong missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:03 · NY 85-86 ORL
📊The numbers
| NY | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
