⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 35
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tracy McGrady missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:17 · ORL 102-97 DET
- Missed FT
Darrell Armstrong missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:12 · ORL 103-99 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Clifford Robinson Technical Foul
Q2 9:08 · ORL 34-26 DET
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 9:08 · ORL 34-26 DET
- Turnover
Chucky Atkins Bad Pass. Stolen by Darrell Armstrong.
Q4 4:24 · ORL 94-88 DET
📊The numbers
| ORL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 18 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
