⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
+6Q126-21
-3Q219-24
-5Q320-23
-7Q419-26
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their seventeen- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 6
Key battles
6Fast break points18
2Blocks8
6Threes made2
16Free throws made24
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 0:39 · OKC 65-74 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
