⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 23-13 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:15 · ORL 8-0 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Carlos Arroyo bad pass
Q4 0:47 · ORL 82-77 BOS
- Missed FT
Carlos Arroyo misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:22 · ORL 82-77 BOS
- Missed FT
Carlos Arroyo misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:22 · ORL 82-77 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 0:00 · ORL 20-26 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 9:11 · ORL 48-52 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 1 | Threes made | 2 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 17 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 11 | Blocks | 2 |
