⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seven of nine from three- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 30
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 10:40 · ORL 40-35 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q4 6:46 · ORL 93-92 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q4 1:46 · ORL 101-96 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Francis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:04 · ORL 103-98 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 0:16 · ORL 52-58 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chauncey Billups Lost Ball. Stolen by Steve Francis.
Q4 1:31 · ORL 95-96 DET
- Turnover
Ben Wallace Offensive Foul. Wallace's 5th Personal Foul, Detroit's 4th Team Foul.
Q4 1:09 · ORL 98-96 DET
- Turnover
Ben Wallace Foul
Q4 1:09 · ORL 98-96 DET
📊The numbers
| ORL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 78% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 16 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
