⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their nineteen- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 11
- Made no threes to their six
- Went cold from three, no of nine
A 17-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 4 in the fourth quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 11:07 · ORL 31-23 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jameer Nelson traveling
Q4 1:19 · ORL 96-88 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 4
Q4 6:50 · ORL 92-88 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Deron Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:03 · ORL 35-31 UTAH
📊The numbers
| ORL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 0 | Threes made | 6 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
