⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen- Could not get to the line, 31 free throws to their 50
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:37 · ORL 0-8 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 40 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 12 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
