⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 34- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their ten
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 4:03 · ORL 15-24 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 1:52 · ORL 39-49 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Glen Rice missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 3:03 · ORL 15-21 HOU
📊The numbers
| ORL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 14 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
