⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 8- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 47
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q3 1:09 · ORL 80-89 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q2 5:52 · ORL 30-55 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Jerry Stackhouse technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:24 · ORL 75-89 DAL
📊The numbers
| ORL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 15 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
