⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of twenty from three- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 26-13 off them
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their ten
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 3:40 · ORL 61-60 POR
- Ties it
Rod Strickland made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sean Rooks.
Q4 0:14 · ORL 83-83 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rod Strickland missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:11 · ORL 77-81 POR
- Turnover
Tracy McGrady Offensive Foul
OT 4:48 · ORL 83-83 POR
- Turnover
Tracy McGrady Foul
OT 4:48 · ORL 83-83 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 11:17 · ORL 42-52 POR
- Winner
Derek Anderson made 27 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Damon Stoudamire.
OT 4:24 · ORL 83-86 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ruben Patterson Offensive Foul. Rod Strickland gains possession.
OT 0:09 · ORL 89-92 POR
- Turnover
Ruben Patterson Foul
OT 0:09 · ORL 89-92 POR
- Missed FT
Zach Randolph missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
OT 0:00 · ORL 91-93 POR
📊The numbers
| ORL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 1 |
| 4 | Blocks | 12 |
