⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
-2Q117-21
+2Q223-22
-2Q328-32
-3Q419-24
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
60%Three-point accuracy36%
2Blocks5
9Threes made5
17Points off turnovers11
🏀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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 9:48 · ORL 27-23 HOU
📊The numbers
| ORL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
