⏱️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
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third 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 Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, ten of sixteen from three
- Kept giving it away, 26 turnovers 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.
Magic
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 7:46 · ORL 38-37 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q3 6:09 · ORL 68-64 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 2:05 · ORL 79-68 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Grant Hill lost ball
Q4 1:54 · ORL 101-96 DEN
- Turnover
Trevor Ariza lost ball
Q4 1:14 · ORL 101-97 DEN
- Missed FT
Jameer Nelson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:42 · ORL 104-97 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 11:45 · ORL 50-60 DEN
- Steal
Eduardo Najera stole it from Grant Hill
Q4 1:54 · ORL 101-96 DEN
- Steal
Marcus Camby stole it from Trevor Ariza
Q4 1:14 · ORL 101-97 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Carmelo Anthony discontinue dribble
Q4 2:15 · ORL 101-96 DEN
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:51 · ORL 101-97 DEN
- Turnover
Carmelo Anthony bad pass
Q4 1:07 · ORL 102-97 DEN
📊The numbers
| ORL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 26 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 6 | Steals | 16 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
