⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
+5Q126-25
+1Q228-28
-13Q318-32
-3Q418-22
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up in the second quarter
Key battles
8Points off turnovers19
3Threes made7
19Assists30
17Free throws made24
🏀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 stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 4:31 · ORL 50-40 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up
Q2 0:05 · ORL 54-65 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Peja Stojakovic Technical Foul
Q4 12:00 · ORL 72-84 SAC
📊The numbers
| ORL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
