⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 25-15 off them
- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to five
A 13-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 8 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 8
Q4 5:00 · UTAH 73-81 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Mehmet Okur technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:07 · UTAH 73-83 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 10:56 · UTAH 4-8 ORL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 8:08 · UTAH 6-19 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 1 | Threes made | 2 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 19 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
