⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their two- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 35
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their six
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q2 0:52 · ORL 49-60 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 6:24 · ORL 9-18 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q2 9:38 · ORL 27-44 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 2 | Threes made | 15 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 18 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
