⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 26-17 off them- Lost the glass, 42 rebounds to 53
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 3:27 · WSH 71-72 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Technical Foul
Q1 0:01 · WSH 17-23 ORL
- Turnover
Juan Dixon Lost Ball. Stolen by Gordan Giricek.
Q4 3:33 · WSH 87-90 ORL
- Turnover
Steve Blake Bad Pass. Stolen by Tracy McGrady.
Q4 1:58 · WSH 90-92 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 5:41 · WSH 41-40 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 1:31 · WSH 48-54 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 7:15 · WSH 56-67 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tracy McGrady Bad Pass. Stolen by Christian Laettner.
Q4 1:04 · WSH 90-92 ORL
📊The numbers
| WSH | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 16 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
