⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 23- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 25-7 off them
A 19-0 run took them from 15 down to 4 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 1:36 · WSH 52-45 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Larry Hughes Offensive Foul
Q4 4:46 · WSH 86-83 ORL
- Turnover
Larry Hughes Foul
Q4 4:46 · WSH 86-83 ORL
- Missed FT
Jarvis Hayes missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:38 · WSH 103-96 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run took them from 15 down to 4 up
Q3 4:54 · WSH 71-75 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tony Battie 3 second
Q4 3:53 · WSH 86-85 ORL
- Turnover
Hidayet Turkoglu Lost Ball. Stolen by Jarvis Hayes.
Q4 3:19 · WSH 88-85 ORL
- Missed FT
Tony Battie missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:02 · WSH 93-89 ORL
📊The numbers
| WSH | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 20 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
