⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 34- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen
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
Tyronn Lue missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 2:31 · ORL 55-77 MIN
- Technical
Shammond Williams Double Technical Foul. Keith McLeod gains possession.
Q4 2:21 · ORL 71-93 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 1:29 · ORL 20-30 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 6:54 · ORL 27-43 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q3 10:10 · ORL 43-66 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
