⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 23 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 27 in the third quarter- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 9:30 · CLE 29-29 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q1 1:19 · CLE 20-29 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 8:45 · CLE 50-63 ORL
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 27
Q3 6:00 · CLE 52-79 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
