⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 38- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 31-10 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 11
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Travis Diener flagrant foul type 1 (Antawn Jamison draws the foul)
Q4 5:47 · ORL 83-100 WSH
- Technical
Hedo Turkoglu technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:47 · ORL 83-100 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 3:10 · ORL 71-81 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 23 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
