⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first 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 Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 45 free throws to their 34- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 31
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their seventeen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q1 3:59 · ORL 27-13 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Trevor Ariza technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:33 · ORL 35-23 BOS
- Technical
Carlos Arroyo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:46 · ORL 76-64 BOS
- Flagrant
Darko Milicic flagrant foul type 1 (Tony Allen draws the foul)
Q4 3:26 · ORL 80-69 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Sebastian Telfair technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:38 · ORL 70-60 BOS
📊The numbers
| ORL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 1 | Threes made | 4 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 73 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 15 | Assists | 9 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
