⏱️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
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen- Won the second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to nine
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 33
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 3:35 · POR 92-95 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Viktor Khryapa Bad Pass
Q4 1:42 · POR 90-95 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 8:26 · POR 60-67 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot Clock Violation
Q4 1:17 · POR 90-95 ORL
📊The numbers
| POR | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 1 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 12 | Blocks | 5 |
