⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 27- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 16-8 off them
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- Turnover
Tyronn Lue Bad Pass
Q4 3:47 · ORL 62-68 NY
- Turnover
Drew Gooden Bad Pass. Stolen by Howard Eisley.
Q4 2:54 · ORL 62-68 NY
- Turnover
Juwan Howard Bad Pass
Q4 0:15 · ORL 68-75 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 1:49 · ORL 31-43 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 0:02 · ORL 52-62 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Keith Van Horn Offensive Foul
Q4 4:16 · ORL 62-66 NY
- Turnover
Kurt Thomas Bad Pass. Stolen by Shammond Williams.
Q4 0:56 · ORL 64-72 NY
- Missed FT
Howard Eisley missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:37 · ORL 66-73 NY
📊The numbers
| ORL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 25% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 13 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
