⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their nineteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 1:02 · BKN 17-31 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q2 1:17 · BKN 39-63 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
