⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their eleven
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 took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 7:26 · ORL 13-8 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 8:21 · ORL 31-30 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 3:36 · ORL 44-34 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Francis Technical Foul
Q1 8:48 · ORL 4-4 DAL
- Technical
Kelvin Cato Technical Foul
Q3 5:39 · ORL 66-49 DAL
- Technical
Steve Francis Technical Foul
Q4 5:46 · ORL 83-73 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 3:12 · ORL 15-18 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 29% |
| 1 | Threes made | 3 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 23 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
