⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of thirteen from three- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 34
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
Q1 5:39 · ORL 16-15 DET
- Ties it
Dwight Howard hit a two point shot, Keith Bogans with the assist
Q4 2:23 · ORL 82-82 DET
- Steal
Dwight Howard stole it from Ronald Murray
Q4 0:20 · ORL 82-86 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwight Howard traveling
Q4 4:22 · ORL 80-80 DET
- Turnover
Darko Milicic 3 second
Q4 1:39 · ORL 82-82 DET
- Turnover
Jameer Nelson bad pass
Q4 1:02 · ORL 82-84 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 10:02 · ORL 4-13 DET
- Lead
Ronald Murray hit a 12-foot two point shot
Q4 2:47 · ORL 80-82 DET
- Winner
Richard Hamilton hit a 15-foot jumper, Ronald Murray with the assist
Q4 1:23 · ORL 82-84 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ronald Murray lost ball
Q4 0:20 · ORL 82-86 DET
- Missed FT
Rasheed Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:12 · ORL 82-86 DET
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · ORL 83-87 DET
📊The numbers
| ORL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
