⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 10
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:41 · ORL 8-0 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carlos Arroyo misses technical free throw
Q2 9:49 · ORL 30-29 PHX
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:26 · ORL 55-60 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q3 10:45 · ORL 55-68 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
