⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 20-12 off them
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses technical free throw
Q3 3:24 · ORL 50-63 NY
- Missed FT
David Lee misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:00 · ORL 84-91 NY
📊The numbers
| ORL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 15 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
