⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q4 3:20 · ORL 76-80 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 6:54 · ORL 45-60 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Yao Ming misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:13 · ORL 82-86 HOU
📊The numbers
| ORL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 14 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
