⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of eighteen from three- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 26-13 off them
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 took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 8:00 · ORL 41-35 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Andrew DeClercq Technical Foul
Q2 0:26 · ORL 54-44 NY
- Missed FT
Tracy McGrady missed Free Throw 2 of 3.
Q4 1:14 · ORL 101-107 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 4:43 · ORL 16-22 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 6:33 · ORL 70-69 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Howard Eisley Bad Pass
Q4 1:51 · ORL 97-105 NY
- Turnover
Howard Eisley Traveling
Q4 1:00 · ORL 102-107 NY
📊The numbers
| ORL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
