⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
-3Q128-27
-7Q222-27
-9Q319-24
-4Q411-14
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 16-8 off them
Key battles
7Fast break points15
8Points off turnovers16
5Threes made2
16Turnovers9
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 8:11 · SA 16-11 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Michael Finley misses technical free throw
Q2 6:26 · SA 36-37 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
